Kenley railway station


Kenley railway station serves Kenley in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is in Travelcard Zone 6, on the Caterham Line from. The station is served by trains from Caterham to Purley, East Croydon, London Bridge and London Victoria.
On the London-bound platform is a manned ticket office and a self-service passenger-operated Ticket Machine. A second self-service Ticket Machine is available just outside the Caterham-bound platform which is suitably located to purchase tickets for the car park which is also located on this side.

Station History

Kenley Station was originally opened to passengers along with the line on 5 August 1856 as Coulsdon Station by the Caterham Railway.
Soon after in November 1856 the station was renamed as Kenley Station.
map of lines around Kenley railway station
On Platform 2 stands a gabled Grade II listed building station house in the "Old English style of Domestic Architecture" 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 after an impressive refurbishment of the interior.
The original SER timber-built waiting shelter on Platform 2 was demolished in more recent times due to disrepair and has been replaced with a small modern waiting shelter with lighting.
An accessible ramp was installed on the London bound platform in 2006/7 providing step-free access to this platform.
In 2010 the station became staffed full-time under Southern's current franchise agreement. The station is currently staffed from the first train in the morning, to the last train in the evening.
In 2014, a new cycle rack was installed outside Platform 1. It contains security lighting and 8 bike parking spaces.

Services

As of December 2019, the typical off peak service in trains per hour is:
There are also trains to London Victoria during the peak hours.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to 2 tph and the service to London Bridge calls at all stations via.

Connections

routes 407 and 434 serve the station.