Purley railway station

You can reach 95 stations directly from Purley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 243 trains a day.

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Address: CR8 2UD

Purley is the nearest station for postcodes in CR8. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Purley

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
East Croydon	243	227	183
Redhill	155	147	105
London Bridge	147	142	80
South Croydon	140	135	68
Norwood Junction	138	141	77
Gatwick Airport	98	85	88
Horley	96	84	83
Coulsdon South	95	79	100
London Blackfriars	93	80	56
St Pancras International	93	80	56
Merstham	92	79	100
Three Bridges	91	80	28
Harpenden	85	74	56
Luton	85	74	56
St Albans City	85	74	56
Luton Airport Parkway	82	74	56
Bedford	77	67	56
Clapham Junction	76	75	48
Leagrave	76	67	56
London Victoria	76	75	48
Flitwick	75	67	56
Purley Oaks	75	72	68
Farringdon	75	71	54
Caterham	73	72	68
Harlington	73	67	56
Kenley	73	72	68
Whyteleafe South	73	72	68
Whyteleafe	73	72	68
Coulsdon Town	72	71	35
Chipstead	72	71	35
Kingswood	72	71	35
Reedham	72	71	35
Tadworth	72	71	35
Tattenham Corner	72	71	35
Woodmansterne	72	71	35
City Thameslink	71	48	0
Reigate	71	70	27
Earlswood	68	70	40
Salfords	68	70	40
West Hampstead Thameslink	24	11	56

and 55 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Purley is

2,777,102 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 200th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 576,772 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Purley and London Bridge than any other pair: 650,378 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 63 stations instead of 95, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 85.

Changing from 17 February 2027

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

Nearest other stations

Reedham 0.6 miles
Riddlesdown 0.7 miles
Purley Oaks 0.9 miles
Kenley 1.0 miles
Sanderstead 1.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Selsdon · 1.7 miles
Bandon Halt · 2.0 miles
Spencer Road Halt · 2.0 miles
Coombe Road · 2.3 miles
Croydon Central · 2.5 miles
Waddon Marsh · 2.9 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.