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Earlswood (Surrey)
Earlswood (Surrey)Location of Earlswood (Surrey) in Surrey
Location	Earlswood
Local authority	Reigate and Banstead
Grid reference	TQ278491
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	ELD
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	2
Accessible	Yes, Northbound only
Fare zone	D
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.435 million
2020–21	80,584
2021–22	0.196 million
2022–23	0.273 million
2023–24	0.303 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 August 1868	Station opened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°13′37″N 0°10′16″W / 51.227°N 0.171°W / 51.227; -0.171
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Earlswood railway station serves Earlswood, south of Redhill, in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line, 21 miles 50 chains (34.8 km) down the line from London Bridge via Redhill and south of the junction between the Redhill line and the Quarry line. Train services are provided by Thameslink and Southern.

History

Earlswood station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 August 1868. The station was rebuilt with four platforms in 1906 at the time of the quadrupling of the main line. The platforms on the fast lines were closed in the 1980s.

On 11 January 2016, payment using Oyster and contactless payment cards was introduced at the station, as part of the Oyster extension from Merstham to Gatwick Airport. The station is outside the London Fare Zone area, and special fares apply.

Some Oyster photocards (as well as Freedom Passes) are not valid here: the nearest station that these cards can be used is Coulsdon South, only in the northbound direction.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Earlswood are operated by Thameslink using Class 700 EMUs.

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

• 2 tph to Bedford via London Bridge
• 2 tph to Three Bridges

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly Southern service between London Victoria and Gatwick Airport.

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly but southbound services are extended beyond Three Bridges to and from Horsham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Redhill		ThameslinkBrighton Main Line		Salfords
		SouthernBrighton Main LinePeak Hours Only

References

1. "Earlswood (ELD)". National Rail Enquiries. Archived from the original on 23 August 2017. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
2. ^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 87. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
4. "Oyster Card | Purchase Oyster Card | Using Oyster | Southern Railway".
5. "11-15 Oyster Card fares" (PDF). content.tfl.gov.uk. Retrieved 29 August 2022.
6. Table 183 National Rail timetable, May 2023

External links

• Train times and station information for Earlswood railway station (Surrey) from National Rail

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Towns, villages, neighbourhoods and hamlets	Banstead Banstead Nork Woodmansterne Coulsdon Chipstead Hooley Netherne-on-the-Hill Epsom Tattenham Corner Horley Horley Redhill Earlswood Meadvale Merstham New Merstham St John's Salfords Redhill Whitebushes Reigate Flanchford Reigate Skimmington Sidlow South Park Woodhatch Tadworth Burgh Heath Kingswood Margery Mogador Mugswell Tadworth Walton-on-the-Hill
Most notable parks	Chipstead Downs Colley Hill Priory or Reigate Park
Places of worship	Church of Jesus Christ and the Wisdom of God, Kingswood St John the Evangelist's Church, Earlswood
Education	Aberdour School The Beacon School Carrington School Chinthurst School Dunottar School East Surrey College Oakwood School Priory Preparatory School Reigate College Reigate Grammar School Reigate St Mary's School Reigate School Royal Alexandra and Albert School St Bede's School
Transport	Railway stations Banstead Chipstead Earlswood Horley Kingswood Merstham Redhill Reigate Salfords Tattenham Corner Woodmansterne Roads M25 M23 A23 A25 A217 A240
Buildings and structures	Archway Theatre East Surrey Hospital Netherne Hospital Redhill Aerodrome Reigate Heath Windmill Reigate Priory Royal Earlswood Hospital The Children's Trust, Tadworth
Sport	Banstead Athletic F.C. Chipstead F.C. Horley Town F.C. Merstham F.C. Redhill F.C. Reigate Priory F.C. South Park F.C.
Politics and Administration	Crispin Blunt Reigate Constituency Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
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