Woodmansterne railway station

Woodmansterne railway station is a railway station which primarily serves the western areas of Coulsdon in the London Borough of Croydon, England. Situated on the Tattenham Corner line, it is 17 miles 40 chains (28.2 km) from London Charing Cross. For ticketing purposes the station is in London Travelcard Zone 6. The station has a single island platform, which can be reached by a footbridge, and there is a ticket office on the platform.

Woodmansterne
Woodmansterne Location of Woodmansterne in Greater London
Location	Coulsdon
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	WME
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.282 million[1]
2019–20	0.256 million[1]
2020–21	37,704[1]
2021–22	88,790[1]
2022–23	0.115 million[1]
Railway companies
Original company	Southern Railway
Key dates
17 July 1932	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51.3192°N 0.1539°W / 51.3192; -0.1539
London transport portal

All trains serving Woodmansterne are operated by Southern, which also manages the station.

Despite its name, the station is not located in Woodmansterne itself, which actually lies just under 2 miles (3.2 km) northwest of the station and is on the other side of the Greater London boundary in Surrey.

Services

All services at Woodmansterne are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[2]

• 2 tph to London Bridge (non-stop from Norwood Junction)
• 2 tph to Tattenham Corner

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly and runs between Tattenham Corner and Purley only. Passengers for London Bridge have to change at Purley.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Coulsdon Town		Southern Tattenham Corner Line		Chipstead

It was initially proposed that from 2018, when the Thameslink Programme is completed, services on this line would be operated with longer, 12-car trains offering all-day direct services to/from Cambridge via London Blackfriars.^[3] However, in September 2016, these proposals were dropped; instead, services on the Tattenham Corner line are to "remain as Southern South London Metro services with increased capacity as compared to today".^[4]

Connections

London Buses route 166 and non-TfL route 866 serve the station on Chipstead Valley Road to the south. A hail-and-ride section of London Buses route 463 runs along St Andrew's Road to the north of the station.

References

1. "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
2. Table 181 National Rail timetable, May 2022
3. Proposed Thameslink services from 2018
4. Timetable consultation : Thameslink and Great Northern

External links

• Train times and station information for Woodmansterne railway station from National Rail