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Banstead railway station

National Rail station in Surrey, England

Summary

National Rail station in Surrey, England

Field	Value
name	Banstead
symbol	rail
manager	Southern
locale	Banstead
borough	Borough of Reigate and Banstead
platforms	1
fare_zone	6
railcode	BAD
image_name	Banstead station building.JPG
coordinates
map_type	Surrey
original	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
pregroup	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
postgroup	Southern Railway
years1	22 May 1865
years2	1 June 1898
years3	August 1928
events1	Opened as Banstead
events2	Renamed Banstead and Burgh Heath
events3	Renamed Banstead
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Banstead railway station serves the village of Banstead in the borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. Its wider definition of Banstead Village and Nork wards is relevant here as both are equally well served by it as it lies narrowly in the latter. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southern. It is on the Epsom Downs branch line, which is served as part of Southern's Sutton & Mole Valley Line services. It is between and , down the line from , measured via West Croydon.

Housing and gardens in Banstead in this area border Greater London 500m away to the north. Accordingly, since January 2006, the station has been included in London fare zone 6. The station lies some distance to the north-west of the High Street on the edge of Banstead Downs.

Station buildings

The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 22 May 1865 as part of the Epsom Downs branch line. The branch was originally laid as double track to accommodate Epsom Downs horse race traffic and was electrified on 17 June 1928. In the 1920s, the station's name was painted in large letters on the roof as a navigation tool for pilots coming into Croydon Airport. Due to the destruction by fire of the Epsom Downs signal box in November 1981, the branch was singled for most of its length in October 1982 and trains stopping at Banstead now use only the Down platform where there is a shelter. The Up track and platform have been removed.

Services

All services at Banstead are operated by Southern using EMUs.

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

2 tph to via
2 tph to

Prior to May 2018, the station was served by an hourly service on weekdays and Saturdays only, with no Sunday service. In May 2018, a half-hourly service was introduced on all days of the week.

There is an electronic display showing arrivals and departures. A ticket machine was installed in October 2011 replacing a Permit to Travel machine and there are also two Oystercard readers.

References

Yonge, John. (November 2008). "Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL". Trackmaps.
(1977). "The First Croydon Airport 1915-1928". Sutton Libraries & Arts Services.
{{NRtimes. May 2022. 172

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