Coulsdon South train station
You can reach 48 stations directly from Coulsdon South on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 157 trains a day.
Address: CR5 3EA
Coulsdon South is the nearest station for postcodes in CR5. Check your own postcode.
- 48 direct destinations
- 290th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 80 parking spaces
- 8 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Coulsdon South
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon | 157 | 72 | 74 |
| Gatwick Airport | 86 | 72 | 74 |
| Redhill | 157 | 72 | 74 |
| Merstham | 154 | 72 | 73 |
| Purley | 94 | 9 | 73 |
| Horley | 85 | 71 | 69 |
| London Bridge | 80 | 67 | 61 |
| Norwood Junction | 17 | 3 | 61 |
| Bedford | 13 | 1 | 53 |
| London Blackfriars | 82 | 68 | 53 |
| Flitwick | 13 | 1 | 53 |
| Harlington | 12 | 1 | 53 |
| Harpenden | 13 | 1 | 53 |
| Leagrave | 12 | 1 | 53 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 12 | 1 | 53 |
| Luton | 13 | 1 | 53 |
| St Albans City | 13 | 1 | 53 |
| St Pancras International | 82 | 68 | 53 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Farringdon | 82 | 68 | 53 |
| Three Bridges | 85 | 72 | 45 |
| Horsham | 70 | 68 | 39 |
| Crawley | 70 | 68 | 36 |
| Ifield | 69 | 67 | 34 |
| Littlehaven | 69 | 67 | 34 |
| Earlswood | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| Salfords | 17 | 4 | 33 |
| Clapham Junction | 75 | 4 | 13 |
| London Victoria | 75 | 4 | 13 |
| Brighton | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Selhurst | 4 | 2 | 4 |
| Angmering | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Burgess Hill | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Haywards Heath | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Hove | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Hassocks | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Littlehampton | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Shoreham-by-Sea | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Worthing | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Durrington-on-Sea | 0 | 0 | 2 |
and 18 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Coulsdon South
Coulsdon South is on the Brighton Main Line (Redhill Line) and the Brighton Main Line (Quarry Line), each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Coulsdon South station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Coulsdon South station on 322 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 56 paths on the Wednesday, 32 paths on the Saturday and 22 paths on the Sunday. 4 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 11:00 to 12:00 on the Monday, with 8 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Coulsdon South station is
1,959,570 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 290th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 44,387 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Coulsdon South and London Bridge than any other pair: 414,454 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Coulsdon South gains 6 destinations including Hassocks, Brighton, Preston Park, Balcombe, Burgess Hill, Wivelsfield.
Nearest other stations
- Coulsdon Town 0.5 miles
- Woodmansterne 0.7 miles
- Reedham 1.2 miles
- Chipstead 1.4 miles
- Kenley 1.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Coulsdon South, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bandon Halt · 3.3 miles
- Selsdon · 3.5 miles
- Spencer Road Halt · 3.9 miles
- Coombe Road · 4.1 miles
- Croydon Central · 4.2 miles
- Waddon Marsh · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at Coulsdon South station
Coulsdon South is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 19:35 · Saturday: 07:00 to 20:25 · Sunday: 09:10 to 16:40
Toilets
Parking at Coulsdon South station
- Station Car Park 80 spaces, 3 accessible
Cycle parking: 84 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Coulsdon South station
Coulsdon South station is in Croydon, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 2.4 miles south.
8 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Coulsdon South.
Coulsdon South is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Coulsdon South station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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