Carshalton railway station

Not to be confused with Carshalton Beeches railway station.

Carshalton

Carshalton Location of Carshalton in Greater London
Location	Carshalton
Local authority	London Borough of Sutton
Managed by	Southern
Station code	CSH
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2010–11	1.187 million^[1]
2011–12	1.239 million^[1]
2012–13	1.276 million^[1]
2013–14	1.355 million^[1]
2014–15	1.426 million^[1]
Key dates
1 October 1868	Opened
Other information
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External links	Departures Layout Facilities Buses
WGS84	51°22′07″N 0°09′57″W / 51.3686°N 0.1659°W / 51.3686; -0.1659Coordinates: 51°22′07″N 0°09′57″W / 51.3686°N 0.1659°W / 51.3686; -0.1659
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Platform view (1986)

Carshalton railway station is a railway station at Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton in South London.

The station is served by Southern and Thameslink. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. From here, one can catch a direct train to as far north as Luton in Bedfordshire and southwards as far as Horsham in West Sussex. The shortest journey time from Carshalton to London Victoria is 25 minutes. Additionally Carshalton has morning and evening train service to London Bridge direct.

The station is on the line opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway between Peckham Rye and Sutton on 1 October 1868: one of the many suburban lines opened by that company. The original station of Carshalton was built on the Sutton to West Croydon line in May 1847, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south east and is now known as Wallington station.

The line runs along an embankment at this point: the ticket office is on the down side by the underbridge.

Ticket barriers control access to the platforms, the only entrance to the station is via the ticket office where a book stand is located. Passengers may borrow or swap the books.

Services

The typical off-peak service from the station is:^[2]

2tph (trains per hour) to London Victoria via Balham and Clapham Junction
2tph to St Albans via Mitcham Junction and London Blackfriars (On Sundays, this service terminates at London Blackfriars, but all other days connects straight through St Pancras).
2tph to Epsom
2tph to Wimbledon via Sutton (the Thameslink loop)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Hackbridge		Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Sutton
Hackbridge		Thameslink Wimbledon Loop		Sutton

Connections

London Buses routes S3, 127 and 157 serve the station.

References

1 2 3 4 5 "Station usage estimates". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Tables 52 & 180 (Network Rail)

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Carshalton railway station.

Train times and station information for Carshalton railway station from National Rail

Transport in London

Companies and
organisations

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Bus operators	Abellio Arriva London CT Plus Go-Ahead London London Sovereign London United Metrobus Metroline Quality Line Stagecoach London Tower Transit Uno

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Roads

Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)

Ring roads	London Inner Ring Road London Ringways North Circular Road South Circular Road

Charging	Congestion charge Low emission zone

Ticketing

Other

Former BR sectors

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Thameslink, Great Northern, Southern and Southeastern routes

Thameslink and Great Northern routes serving this station

Thameslink Wimbledon Loop	Luton Luton Airport Parkway Harpenden St Albans City Radlett Elstree & Borehamwood Mill Hill Broadway Hendon (Brent Cross Thameslink planned) Cricklewood West Hampstead Thameslink Kentish Town St Pancras International Farringdon City Thameslink London Blackfriars Elephant & Castle Loughborough Junction Herne Hill Tulse Hill Streatham Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Southern routes serving this station

Metro via Peckham Rye	London Bridge South Bermondsey Queens Road Peckham Peckham Rye East Dulwich North Dulwich Tulse Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace Birkbeck Beckenham Junction Streatham Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Tooting Haydons Road Wimbledon Wimbledon Chase South Merton Morden South St Helier Sutton Common West Sutton Sutton Carshalton Hackbridge Mitcham Junction Mitcham Eastfields

Metro via Sutton	London Victoria Battersea Park Clapham Junction Wandsworth Common Balham Streatham Hill West Norwood Gipsy Hill Crystal Palace London Bridge Norwood Junction Streatham Common Norbury Thornton Heath Selhurst West Croydon Waddon Wallington Carshalton Beeches Mitcham Eastfields Mitcham Junction Hackbridge Carshalton Sutton Belmont Banstead Epsom Downs Cheam Ewell East Epsom Ashtead Leatherhead Bookham Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) Guildford Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking Holmwood Ockley Warnham Horsham

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

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