Merstham railway station

Coordinates: 51°15′50″N 0°09′00″W / 51.264°N 0.150°W / 51.264; -0.150
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Merstham
D
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20Increase 0.820 million[2]
2020–21Decrease 0.190 million[2]
2021–22Increase 0.462 million[2]
2022–23Increase 0.608 million[2]
2023–24Increase 0.681 million[2]
Key dates
1841first station opened
1843closed
1844present station opened on different site from first station
Other information
External links
Coordinates51°15′50″N 0°09′00″W / 51.264°N 0.150°W / 51.264; -0.150
London transport portal
A 1905 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Merstham railway station.

Merstham railway station is in

Thameslink
.

History

Merstham was on a stretch of line between

South Eastern Railway (SER) route to Dover
. As a result, there have been two railway stations at Merstham.

London and Brighton Railway station

The original station was located 3/4 mile south of the current station. It was opened by the L&BR on 1 December 1841, and from 1842 it was also used by SER and was the point at which travellers between the two railways exchanged trains. The section of line between Coulsdon and Redhill was transferred to SER operation, and the new owners decided to close Merstham station on 1 October 1843, thereby forcing passengers wishing to change trains to walk between the two stations at Redhill. This was a tactic to force the L&BR to share the new SER Reigate station at Redhill.[3] Once the L&BR had given way and closed their existing station at Reigate Road, Redhill, the SER opened a new station at Merstham on the present site.

South Eastern Railway station

This station was opened 4 October 1844. The up side booking office (badly damaged by fire in the late 1980s and later rebuilt) and footbridge date from a 1905 rebuilding.

Despite being on the Brighton line, this station, along with

Southern Railway in 1923 that trains from the Brighton line called at the station. It is 20 miles 59 chains (33.4 km) from Charing Cross, and has two platforms each long enough for a 12-coach train.[4]

Services

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

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

On Sundays, the service between London and Reigate reduces to hourly. In addition, the Peterborough to Horsham service also reduces to hourly and northbound, runs only as far as London Bridge.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern
Thameslink
Peterborough to Horsham via Redhill

Oyster extension

As of January 2016, Oyster and contactless payment cards can be used from this station.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Merstham (MHM)". National Rail Enquiries. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  2. ^
    Office of Rail Regulation
    . Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
  3. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X
    . p.165, 184.
  4. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3
    .
  5. ^ Table 183 National Rail timetable, May 2022
  6. ^ "Contactless payments and Oyster to make travel to and from Gatwick Airport seamless : Southern". www.southernrailway.com. Archived from the original on 21 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
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