Kenley railway station

Coordinates: 51°19′29″N 0°06′03″W / 51.3246°N 0.1007°W / 51.3246; -0.1007
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Kenley
Southern
Station codeKLY
DfT categoryE
Number of platforms2
AccessibleYes[1]
Fare zone6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19Increase 0.436 million[2]
2019–20Decrease 0.426 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 88,514[2]
2021–22Increase 0.207 million[2]
2022–23Increase 0.247 million[2]
Key dates
5 August 1856Opened as Coulsdon
November 1856Renamed Kenley
1899Branch was double-tracked
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°19′29″N 0°06′03″W / 51.3246°N 0.1007°W / 51.3246; -0.1007
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Kenley railway station serves

London Victoria
. It is the last station on this line located within the Greater London area, however Oyster fares are available up to and including the end of the line at Caterham.

On the London-bound platform (Platform 1) is a staffed ticket office (during some peak hours) and a self-service passenger-operated Ticket Machine. A second self-service Ticket Machine is available just outside the Caterham-bound platform (Platform 2) which is suitably located to purchase tickets for the car park which is also located on this side.

The nearest station with more substantial staffed hours is Purley.

Station history

Kenley station, viewed from the road bridge on Hayes Lane

Kenley station was originally opened to passengers along with the line on 5 August 1856 as Coulsdon by the Caterham Railway.[3] In November the same year, the station was renamed Kenley.

On Platform 2 stands a gabled

Grade II listed building station house in the "Old English style of Domestic Architecture" (architect: Richard Whittall)[4]
and is similar to the original building at Caterham. This was the original station building which housed a small waiting room for passengers and the original ticket office. In 1899 when the Caterham line was made double-track, a new brick Ticket Office was built on the opposite Platform at road level. The original station house was disused and boarded up for a long time, but protected by its listed status. The house was then sold to a private owner in 2007 following refurbishment.

Services

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

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[5]

Up until September 2022 there were additional off-peak services to London Bridge via Norbury and Tulse Hill.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Caterham Line

Connections

439 serve the station.[6]

References

  1. Southern. Archived from the original
    on 20 February 2012. Retrieved 2 January 2010.
  2. ^
    Office of Rail Regulation
    . Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ISBN 0-7181-2355-7
    .
  4. ^ "Kenley Station House (Original 1856 Building), Kenley, Croydon".
  5. ^ Table 181 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  6. ^ "Buses from Kenley" (PDF). TfL. July 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.

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