Sanderstead train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Sanderstead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 86 trains a day.
Address: Station Approach, South Croydon, CR2 0PL
Sanderstead is the nearest station for postcodes in CR2. Check your own postcode.
- 27 direct destinations
- 620th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 123 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sanderstead
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon | 86 | 70 | 52 |
| Oxted | 86 | 70 | 52 |
| Dormans | 85 | 69 | 52 |
| East Grinstead | 85 | 69 | 52 |
| Hurst Green | 85 | 69 | 52 |
| Lingfield | 85 | 69 | 52 |
| Riddlesdown | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Upper Warlingham | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Woldingham | 81 | 70 | 52 |
| Clapham Junction | 74 | 70 | 52 |
| London Victoria | 74 | 70 | 52 |
| South Croydon | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| London Blackfriars | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| St Pancras International | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Farringdon | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedford | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Leagrave | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Flitwick | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlington | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwood Junction | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Sanderstead
Sanderstead is on the East Grinstead Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sanderstead station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sanderstead 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 Sanderstead station is
844,182 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 620th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sanderstead and London Victoria than any other pair: 352,746 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 27, a drop of about 56%. Saturday runs to 12.
Nearest other stations
- Purley Oaks 0.2 miles
- South Croydon 1.0 miles
- Riddlesdown 1.1 miles
- Purley 1.2 miles
- Kenley 1.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sanderstead, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Selsdon · 0.7 miles
- Spencer Road Halt · 1.0 miles
- Coombe Road · 1.2 miles
- Croydon Central · 1.7 miles
- Bandon Halt · 2.0 miles
- Addiscombe · 2.2 miles
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Facilities at Sanderstead station
Sanderstead is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:50 to 00:10 · Saturday: 05:50 to 23:35 · Sunday: 07:40 to 23:45
Toilets
Parking at Sanderstead station
- Station Car Park 123 spaces, 3 accessible
Cycle parking: 56 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Sanderstead station
Sanderstead station is in Croydon, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 5.2 miles south-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sanderstead.
Sanderstead is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sanderstead 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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