South Croydon train station
You can reach 63 stations directly from South Croydon on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 153 trains a day.
Address: Croydon, CR2 7PA
Direct trains from South Croydon
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon | 153 | 136 | 68 |
| London Bridge | 146 | 135 | 67 |
| Purley | 138 | 135 | 68 |
| Norwood Junction | 129 | 135 | 67 |
| Purley Oaks | 74 | 72 | 68 |
| London Blackfriars | 72 | 63 | 0 |
| Caterham | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| City Thameslink | 72 | 48 | 0 |
| Kenley | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| St Pancras International | 72 | 63 | 0 |
| Whyteleafe South | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Whyteleafe | 72 | 72 | 68 |
| Farringdon | 72 | 63 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 68 | 63 | 0 |
| Luton | 68 | 63 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 68 | 63 | 0 |
| Gatwick Airport | 66 | 63 | 0 |
| Redhill | 66 | 63 | 0 |
| Horley | 65 | 63 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 61 | 63 | 0 |
| Bedford | 60 | 56 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 60 | 63 | 0 |
| Salfords | 60 | 63 | 0 |
| Three Bridges | 59 | 58 | 0 |
| Leagrave | 58 | 56 | 0 |
| Flitwick | 55 | 56 | 0 |
| Harlington | 52 | 56 | 0 |
| Oxted | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Sanderstead | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Coulsdon South | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Dormans | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| East Grinstead | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Hurst Green | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Lingfield | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Riddlesdown | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Upper Warlingham | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Woldingham | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Merstham | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Clapham Junction | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 7 | 1 | 0 |
and 23 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving South Croydon
South Croydon is on the Brighton Main Line and the East Grinstead Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through South Croydon station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside South Croydon station on 356 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 62 paths on the Wednesday, 31 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 9 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 South Croydon station is
1,088,648 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 497th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between South Croydon and London Bridge than any other pair: 310,524 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: 9 stations instead of 63, a drop of about 86%. Saturday runs to 34.
Nearest other stations
- East Croydon 0.9 miles
- Sanderstead 1.0 miles
- Waddon 1.1 miles
- Purley Oaks 1.1 miles
- West Croydon 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of South Croydon, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Spencer Road Halt · 0.3 miles
- Selsdon · 0.3 miles
- Coombe Road · 0.4 miles
- Croydon Central · 0.7 miles
- Addiscombe · 1.2 miles
- Bingham Road · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at South Croydon station
South Croydon is staffed full time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:20 to 19:45 · Saturday: 06:20 to 19:45 · Sunday: 08:10 to 15:45
Toilets · Waiting room
Parking at South Croydon station
- Station Car Park 80 spaces, 2 accessible
Cycle parking: 40 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to South Croydon station
South Croydon station is in Croydon, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 6.1 miles south-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Birdhurst Road / South Croydon Station.
South Croydon is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
South Croydon 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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