Earlswood railway station (Surrey)

Earlswood (Surrey)
Earlswood (Surrey)
	Earlswood (Surrey) Location of Earlswood (Surrey) in Surrey
Location	Earlswood
Local authority	Reigate and Banstead
Grid reference	TQ278491
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	ELD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes, Northbound only
Fare zone	D
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.404 million
2019–20	0.435 million
2020–21	80,584
2021–22	0.196 million
2022–23	0.273 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1868	Station opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Layout; Facilities; Buses;
Coordinates	51°13′37″N 0°10′16″W / 51.227°N 0.171°W
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Earlswood railway station serves Earlswood, south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line, 21 miles 50 chains (34.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and south of the junction between the Redhill line and the Quarry line. Train services are provided by Thameslink and Southern.

History

Earlswood station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 August 1868.^[3] The station was rebuilt with four platforms in 1906 at the time of the quadrupling of the main line. The platforms on the fast lines were closed in the 1980s.

On 11 January 2016, payment using Oyster and contactless payment cards was introduced at the station, as part of the Oyster extension from Merstham to Gatwick Airport. The station is outside the London Fare Zone area, and special fares apply.

Some Oyster photocards (as well as Freedom Passes) are not valid here: the nearest station that these cards can be used is Coulsdon South, only in the northbound direction.^[4]^[5]

Services

Off-peak, all services at Earlswood are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[6]

2 tph to Bedford via London Bridge
2 tph to Three Bridges

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly Southern service between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly but southbound services are extended beyond Three Bridges to and from Horsham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Redhill		Thameslink Brighton Main Line		Salfords
Redhill		Southern Brighton Main Line Peak Hours Only		Salfords

References

^ "Earlswood (ELD)". National Rail Enquiries. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ "Oyster Card | Purchase Oyster Card | Using Oyster | Southern Railway".
^ "11-15 Oyster Card fares" (PDF). content.tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
^ Table 183 National Rail timetable, May 2023