Riddlesdown railway station

Riddlesdown
265px Riddlesdown station eastern entrance and path
Riddlesdown Location of Riddlesdown in Greater London
Location	Riddlesdown
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code	RDD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2004–05	0.227 million
2005–06	0.221 million
2006–07	0.334 million
2007–08	0.345 million
2008–09	0.339 million
2009–10	0.342 million
2010–11	0.355 million
2011–12	0.360 million
2012–13	0.361 million
2013–14	0.368 million
2014–15	0.406 million
Key dates
5 June 1927	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
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Riddlesdown railway station serves Riddlesdown in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Oxted line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is in Travelcard Zone 6.

Platforms

Platform 1 is the platform for trains towards Croydon and London.

Platform 2 is the platform towards East Grinstead.

The station is unusual amongst suburban London stations in that there is no means of crossing between the platforms. The platforms are reached via separate footpaths from Lower Barn Road, either side of the bridge that takes the railway over the road. The ticket office is on Platform 1.

On the London-bound platform 1, there is a manned ticket office (staffed for only part of the day) and waiting room.

There are self-service ticket machines and Oyster scanners on both platforms.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is two trains per hour to East Grinstead and two trains per hour to London Victoria. In the morning and evening peak period trains also run to and from London Bridge.

Change at Oxted for trains to Uckfield.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Sanderstead		Southern Oxted Line		Upper Warlingham

Connections

London Buses route 412 serves the station.

External links

• Train times and station information for Riddlesdown railway station from National Rail