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Carshalton
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
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	1.464 million
2020–21	0.445 million
2021–22	0.976 million
2022–23	1.059 million
2023–24	1.074 million
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
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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

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
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
Hackbridge		Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Sutton
Hackbridge		Thameslink Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Sutton

Connections

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

References

^ Standard Tube Map (PDF) (Map). Not to scale. Transport for London. April 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 May 2024. Retrieved 3 June 2024.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Table 173, 179, 180 National Rail timetable, May 2022
^ "Buses from Carshalton" (PDF). TfL. 19 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.