Carshalton railway station

National Rail station in London, England

Not to be confused with Carshalton Beeches railway station.

Carshalton

Carshalton

Location of Carshalton in Greater London

Location| Carshalton
Local authority| London Borough of Sutton
Managed by| Southern
Station code(s)| CSH
DfT category| D
Number of platforms| 2
Accessible| Yes[1]
Fare zone| 5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20|  1.464 million[2]
2020–21|  0.445 million[2]
2021–22|  0.976 million[2]
2022–23|  1.059 million[2]
2023–24|  1.074 million[2]
Key dates
1 October 1868| Opened
3 March 1929| Electrified
Other information
External links|

* Departures
* Facilities

Coordinates| 51°22′07″N 0°09′57″W﻿ / ﻿51.3686°N 0.1659°W﻿ / 51.3686; -0.1659
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Platform view (1986)

Carshalton railway station is a railway station at Carshalton in the London Borough of Sutton in South London. It is located between Sutton and Hackbridge.

The station is served by Southern and Thameslink. It is in Travelcard Zone 5. From here, one can catch a direct train to as far north as St Albans in Hertfordshire and southwards as far as Horsham in West Sussex. The shortest journey time from Carshalton to London Victoria is 25 minutes.

The station is on the line opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway between Peckham Rye and Sutton on 1 October 1868: one of the many suburban lines opened by that company. The original station of Carshalton was built on the Sutton to West Croydon line in May 1847, 1 mile (1.6 km) to the south east and is now known as Wallington station.

The line runs along an embankment at this point: the ticket office is on the down side by the underbridge.

Ticket barriers control access to the platforms, the only entrance to the station is via the ticket office where a book stand is located. Passengers may borrow or swap the books.

## Services

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Services at Carshalton are operated by Southern and Thameslink using Class 377 and 700 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

* 2 tph to London Victoria
* 2 tph to St Albans City via Herne Hill returning back to St Albans City via Wimbledon.
* 2 tph to Sutton
* 2 tph to Dorking of which 1 continues to Horsham

During the peak hours, additional services between London Victoria and Epsom also call at the station, as well as a single return journey between Sutton and London Bridge.

On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.

Preceding station  |  National Rail | Following station

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Hackbridge

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Sutton & Mole Valley Lines

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Sutton

| Thameslink

Sutton & Mole Valley Lines

## Connections

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London Buses routes 127, 157 and S3 serve the station.[4]

## References

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1. ^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. February 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on 3 March 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
2. ^ a b c d e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. ^ Table 173, 179, 180 National Rail timetable, May 2022
4. ^ "Buses from Carshalton" (PDF). TfL. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

## External links

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* Sutton Common
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* Hackbridge
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