Station Details for South Croydon

Station Alerts

No station alerts

Station Accessible information

• Step-free category:

  This is a Category C station: This station does not have step-free access.

  The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

• : C
• Helpline:

  Assistance can be pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.

  If you choose to travel unbooked (turn up and go), when this station is staffed, our station staff can provide assistance getting on and off the train and assistance around the station and to the platform. Please contact a member of staff on arrival.

  You can also arrange assistance by:

  • Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
  • Calling our Assisted Travel team on: 0800 138 1016
  • Texting us on: 0800 138 1018

  We recommend arriving 20 minutes prior to your train departing. This is to allow us to make sure arrangements are in place at your destination, or interchange, station such as the availability of staff and lifts. If there is insufficient time to check these arrangements, we may assist you onto the next available train.

  For further information on assisted travel please see:

  Accessibility at the station - Southern.

• Help Points:

  The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

• Induction Loop: Induction loops are throughout this station
• Accessible Toilets: Yes
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
  • Monday to Friday 05:00-00:45
  • Saturday 05:30-01:00
  • Sunday 05:30-00:45
• Train Ramp: Ramps are kept at this station to provide assistance
• Wheelchairs Available: No
• Passenger Assistance:
  • Assistance Meeting Point

    Meet in the ticket office. If no staff are present, please contact staff at the ticket gates or platform.

• Drop-off / pick-up points:
• Accessible ticket counters:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse

    There are ticket counters here

    There is no Low-Level counter here

    There are only induction loops at high-level ticket counters

    There are ticket machines here

    There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair

    The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users

• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
  • Ticket buying and collection, north entrance. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info: There is accessible printed information available
• Announcements: Announcements are made both visually and audibly
• Customer service notes:

Station General information

• Station operator: Southern
• Ticket office:
  • Monday to Friday 06:20-19:45
  • Saturday 06:20-19:45
  • Sunday 08:10-15:45
• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse
  • Ticket buying and collection, north entrance
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• London fare zone: Zone 5
• Oyster card:

  Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station. Always check Oyster is accepted at your destination before you tap in.

• Smartcard: Yes
• Contactless cards: Yes
• Sheltered waiting available: Yes
• Waiting rooms:
  • Waiting room on Platform 2
  • Waiting room (Concourse)
• First class lounge: No
• Staffing level: Full Time
• Information from staff:
  • Yes - from help point
• Staff assistance:
  • Available
• Toilets:
  • Toilet
• Baby changing available: Yes
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

    Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.

    
    Rail Replacement Bus Map - South Croydon
• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:
• Refreshments:
• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: No
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: No
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage: 40 spaces. Stands, Racks.

  Located outside to the left and right hand side of the main entrance.

  Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.

• Car parks:
  • Station Car Park.
    Spaces:80.
    

    Free parking is offered to all Blue Badge holders.

    Please ensure that your Blue Badge is displayed at all times when parking at any Thameslink, Southern or Great Northern station car parks. If dedicated Blue Badge bays are occupied, please park within any available standard bay (excluding premier bays) and display your Blue Badge.

    The car park at this station is controlled by automatic number plate recognition (ANPR), please ensure you follow the signage displayed in the car park to register your car for free parking as well as displaying your Blue Badge.

• Taxi rank available: No
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Station lift information

• No lift information available