East Croydon railway station

East Croydon is a major interchange: 165 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Gatwick Airport, with 531 trains a day.

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Address: Croydon, CR0 1LF

East Croydon is the nearest station for postcodes in CR9, CR0. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from East Croydon

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Gatwick Airport	531	500	384
London Bridge	483	449	217
Three Bridges	405	369	294
Clapham Junction	395	388	247
London Victoria	362	354	247
London Blackfriars	326	288	203
St Pancras International	326	288	203
Farringdon	306	278	199
Haywards Heath	300	283	291
City Thameslink	290	190	0
Purley	243	227	183
Redhill	228	216	129
Burgess Hill	222	211	253
Luton	183	152	175
Harpenden	180	152	175
St Albans City	180	152	175
Bedford	175	145	175
Horley	174	151	85
Hassocks	171	149	225
Luton Airport Parkway	171	152	175
Flitwick	170	145	175
Preston Park	170	145	168
Leagrave	166	145	175
Brighton	163	150	232
Coulsdon South	159	142	100
Harlington	159	145	175
Merstham	156	142	100
South Croydon	155	136	70
Wivelsfield	155	148	168
Crawley	149	142	21
Horsham	149	142	21
Norwood Junction	142	144	91
Finsbury Park	141	136	28
Stevenage	141	136	28
Hitchin	140	136	28
Oxted	126	106	55
Hurst Green	125	105	55
Selhurst	108	105	77
West Hampstead Thameslink	102	89	175
Norbury	101	102	71

and 125 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy East Croydon is

20,592,106 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 22nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 3,709,103 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between East Croydon and London Victoria than any other pair: 3,677,714 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, East Croydon loses 2 including Elephant & Castle, Herne Hill.

Nearest other stations

West Croydon 0.5 miles
South Croydon 0.9 miles
Selhurst 1.1 miles
Waddon 1.2 miles
Thornton Heath 1.6 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of East Croydon, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Croydon Central · 0.4 miles
Addiscombe · 0.5 miles
Coombe Road · 0.9 miles
Bingham Road · 0.9 miles
Spencer Road Halt · 1.0 miles
Waddon Marsh · 1.2 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.