Selhurst railway station facts for kids

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Selhurst

The exterior of Selhurst station
Selhurst Location of Selhurst in Greater London
Location	Selhurst
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	GTR Southern
Station code	SRS
Number of platforms	4 - 2 (fast services) and 2 (stopping services)
Fare zone	4
Key dates
1865	Opened
Other information
Lists of stations	DLR Underground National Rail Tramlink
Other websites	Departures Layout Facilities Buses

Selhurst railway station is a train station in Selhurst, South London and is in London Borough of Croydon. The station opened in 1868. It is served by Southern. It is in Fare Zone 4.

Platforms

A Class 377 departing from platform 2 of Selhurst station in 2008. This train stopped at one of the slow platforms.

A Class 377 speeding past platform 3 of Selhurst station. This train sped past one of the fast platforms.

There are 4 platforms at Selhurst. Platform 1 is for southbound services towards Caterham, East Croydon, Sutton and Epsom. Platform 2 is for northbound services towards London Victoria and London Bridge. Platforms 3 is for fast southbound services and platform 4 is for fast northbound services that pass this station.

Frequency

Up (Northbound)

• 6tph to London Victoria
• 2tph to London Bridge via Streatham and Peckham Rye
• 1tph (limited service on Weekends) to Milton Keynes Central via Harrow & Wealdstone

Down (Southbound)

• 2tph to Caterham via East Croydon
• 1tph to East Croydon (this service originated from Milton Keynes Central)
• 1tph to Epsom Downs via West Croydon and Sutton
• 1tph to Epsom via Sutton
• 2tph to Sutton
• 2tph to West Croydon (this service originated from London Bridge)

Departures

Buses

London Buses route 75 and 157 serve this station.

Images for kids

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  A 1908 Railway Clearing House map of lines around the Brighton Main Line between South Croydon and Selhurst / Forest Hill, as well as surrounding lines

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  Selhurst Depot main entrance just opposite Selhurst station