Riddlesdown train station
You can reach 25 stations directly from Riddlesdown on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 81 trains a day.
Address: CR8 1HN
Direct trains from Riddlesdown
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Oxted | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Sanderstead | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Upper Warlingham | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Woldingham | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Dormans | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| East Grinstead | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Hurst Green | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Lingfield | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Clapham Junction | 74 | 70 | 52 |
| London Victoria | 74 | 70 | 52 |
| South Croydon | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedford | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| London Blackfriars | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Leagrave | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| St Pancras International | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Farringdon | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Flitwick | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlington | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Riddlesdown
Riddlesdown is on the East Grinstead Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Riddlesdown station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Riddlesdown station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Riddlesdown station is
287,038 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,182nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Riddlesdown and London Victoria than any other pair: 105,200 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: 12 stations instead of 25, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 12.
Nearest other stations
- Kenley 0.6 miles
- Purley 0.7 miles
- Purley Oaks 1.0 miles
- Reedham 1.0 miles
- Sanderstead 1.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Riddlesdown, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Selsdon · 1.8 miles
- Spencer Road Halt · 2.1 miles
- Coombe Road · 2.3 miles
- Bandon Halt · 2.6 miles
- Croydon Central · 2.7 miles
- Waddon Marsh · 3.3 miles
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Facilities at Riddlesdown station
Riddlesdown is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 12:45 · Saturday: 07:25 to 14:00 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Riddlesdown station
Riddlesdown station is in Croydon, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 4.2 miles south-west.
Riddlesdown is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Riddlesdown 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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