Purley train station
You can reach 93 stations directly from Purley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 242 trains a day.
Address: CR8 2UD
Purley is the nearest station for postcodes in CR8. Check your own postcode.
- 93 direct destinations
- 200th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 236 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
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 | 242 | 157 | 158 |
| Redhill | 153 | 77 | 79 |
| London Bridge | 145 | 143 | 131 |
| South Croydon | 138 | 135 | 68 |
| Norwood Junction | 135 | 141 | 128 |
| Gatwick Airport | 98 | 85 | 90 |
| Horley | 96 | 84 | 84 |
| Coulsdon South | 94 | 9 | 73 |
| London Blackfriars | 93 | 80 | 56 |
| St Pancras International | 93 | 80 | 56 |
| Merstham | 91 | 9 | 73 |
| Three Bridges | 91 | 80 | 61 |
| 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 | 4 | 23 |
| Leagrave | 76 | 67 | 56 |
| London Victoria | 76 | 4 | 23 |
| Flitwick | 75 | 67 | 56 |
| Farringdon | 75 | 71 | 53 |
| Purley Oaks | 74 | 72 | 68 |
| Harlington | 73 | 67 | 56 |
| Caterham | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Coulsdon Town | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Chipstead | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Kenley | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Kingswood | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Reedham | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Tadworth | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Tattenham Corner | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Whyteleafe South | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Whyteleafe | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Woodmansterne | 72 | 71 | 35 |
| Reigate | 71 | 0 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 70 | 48 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 67 | 68 | 36 |
| Salfords | 67 | 68 | 36 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 25 | 11 | 56 |
and 53 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Purley
Purley is on the Brighton Main Line, the Tattenham Corner Line and the Purley and Caterham Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Purley station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Purley station on 361 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 63 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 04:00 to 05:00 on the Monday, with 10 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 Purley station 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: 72 stations instead of 93, a drop of about 23%. Saturday runs to 84.
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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Facilities at Purley station
Purley is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:55 to 20:05 · Saturday: 05:55 to 20:25 · Sunday: 08:10 to 16:45
Toilets
Parking at Purley station
- Station Car Park 236 spaces, 4 accessible
Cycle parking: 70 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Purley station
Purley station is in Croydon, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 4.1 miles south-west.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Purley Station.
Purley is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Purley 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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