Trains to East Croydon - Station Details and further Information on the East Croydon Area
East Croydon station is a train station and tram stop in Croydon, 8.3 miles south of Charing Cross in Travelcard Zone 5. It is the largest and busiest station in Croydon and the busiest in London outside Travelcard Zone 1. It is one of three train stations in the London Borough of Croydon with Croydon in their name, the others being West Croydon and South Croydon. Along with Kensington Olympia, East Croydon was until December 13, 2008 one of two stations in the London area to be served by CrossCountry.
The station has frequent services on the London - Gatwick Airport - Brighton line, the First Capital Connect route from Gatwick via London Bridge and St Pancras International to Bedford, and the London Bridge - Uckfield branch, recently re-equipped with new Class 171 DMUs. It has electronic information displays showing next departures to some 80 stations. All services except those to and from Uckfield are operated by 750 V DC third rail EMUs. East Croydon serves destinations mainly in East Sussex, West Sussex, Surrey and Brighton & Hove, including Gatwick Airport, Horsham, Caterham, Tattenham Corner, Brighton, Hastings, Eastbourne, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth, Tonbridge and many suburban stations in South London and Hertfordshire. It is one of the busiest commuter stations in Greater London.
Trains include First Capital Connect Thameslink services to Brighton, Redhill, Bedford, Luton and London Luton Airport, which means that the station has direct services to two airports. They also serve stations in or near the City of London, including St Pancras International, Farringdon, City Thameslink and London Blackfriars. Charing Cross is served by a few trains from Reigate. Almost all trains are operated by Southern.
The main entrance is from George Street, to the concourse. There are many shops here, such as WHSmith, Costa Coffee, Burger King and Upper Crust. Another entrance is next to the taxi rank on Billinton Hill just off Cherry Orchard Road, on the east side.
The ticket office usually becomes busy during peak hours as well as the ticket machines. Disabled-accessible slopes to all platforms are provided and there is a subway connecting all platforms. There are three waiting rooms on the platforms under a roof with plenty of standard metal seats. There are refreshment stalls and vending machines in the seating areas on the platforms. Trolleys are also available along with step-free access to all buffets.
East Croydon is one of the few stations to provide comfortable leather sofas for passengers, in the waiting room on platforms 3 and 4. They are often used by passengers from London Gatwick Airport between 2am and 4am who change at East Croydon to access Clapham Junction train station but are required to wait for approximately 40 minutes for a connecting service from platform 4, if they miss the hourly direct service.
There are three cash machines/ATMs opposite the west entrance. |
