Tattenham Corner railway station

National Rail station in Surrey, England

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Tattenham Corner

Tattenham CornerLocation of Tattenham Corner in Surrey
Location	Tattenham Corner
Local authority	Borough of Reigate and Banstead
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	TAT
DfT category	E
Number of platforms	3
Accessible	Yes
Fare zone	6
National Rail annual entry and exit
2019–20	0.252 million
2020–21	41,976
2021–22	89,690
2022–23	0.135 million
2023–24	0.126 million
Railway companies
Original company	South Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern and Chatham Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
4 June 1901	Opened
September 1914	Closed
25 March 1928	Reopened
Other information
External links	Departures Facilities
Coordinates	51°18′33″N 0°14′33″W / 51.30927°N 0.24259°W / 51.30927; -0.24259
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Tattenham Corner railway station is in Surrey, in England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern, and it is the terminus of the Tattenham Corner Line. It is 23 miles 37 chains (37.8 km) from London Charing Cross.

It lies on the outskirts of Epsom and is the closest station for Epsom Downs Racecourse, where the Derby is held and the British monarch traditionally alights from the British Royal Train in those years when attending the Derby. The line serving it was opened (as the Chipstead Valley Railway) in stages between 1897 and 1901, with the commissioning of the final section coinciding with the opening of the station on 4 June that year (by which time the SER had absorbed the independent company). The station closed in September 1914 and was used occasionally for race specials from 1920 until full public service restored (upon electrification) on 25 March 1928. In its heyday, the station had seven platforms (to handle the sizeable amounts of racecourse traffic) but today only three remain.

Epsom Downs station is nearby as the terminus of the Epsom Downs branch line from Sutton, also served by Southern services.

Accidents and incidents

On 1 December 1993, an approaching train (the 06.16 from Victoria) failed to brake in time to stop in the platform and overran the buffer stops; the leading vehicle ended up mounting the concourse and becoming embedded in the wooden station booking office (which subsequently had to be demolished). No passengers were injured in the crash, though the train driver and a member of station staff were hospitalised. The driver was later found to be intoxicated on duty and jailed for nine months.

Services

All services at Tattenham Corner are operated by Southern, using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to London Bridge, running non-stop from Norwood Junction.

On Sundays, that is reduced to an hourly shuttle service to Purley, where passengers for London Bridge have to change trains.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Tadworth		Southern Tattenham Corner Line		Terminus

It was initially proposed that, from 2018, when the Thameslink Programme was completed, services on the line would be operated with larger 12-car trains, offering all-day direct services to Cambridge via London Blackfriars. However, in September 2016, those proposals were dropped and instead, services on the Tattenham Corner Line were to "remain as Southern South London Metro services with increased capacity as compared to today".

References

"London and South East" (PDF). National Rail. September 2006. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009.
^ "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
Chronology of Londons Railways by H.V.Borley
"Chipstead Valley Railway" John Speller's Web Pages; retrieved 25 May 2016
"Epsom & Ewell Explorer - Rail Accidents". Retrieved 25 May 2016
Table 181 National Rail timetable, May 2022
Proposed Thameslink services from 2018
Timetable consultation : Thameslink and Great Northern

External links

Train times and station information for Tattenham Corner railway station from National Rail

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Motorways	M1 M4 M11 M25 London Orbital Former: M41 (West Cross Route) A40(M) (Westway) A102(M) (East Cross Route)
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Borough of Reigate and Banstead

Towns, villages,
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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

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Railway stations	Banstead Chipstead Earlswood Horley Kingswood Merstham Redhill Reigate Salfords Tattenham Corner Woodmansterne
Roads	M25 M23 A23 A25 A217 A240

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Places listed are articles notable as settlements, arranged by post town
The two principal towns are emboldened
The M23 motorway follows approximately a boundary and is chiefly included for its regional importance.

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Southern routes serving this station

Metro Caterham
and Tattenham Corner

Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.

Transport in Surrey

Road

Motorways	M23 M25 M3
A-roads	A217 A23 A24 A240 A243 A25 A29 A3 A31 A3100 A323 A331
Service stations	Clacket Lane Cobham

Airports

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Main lines	Alton Line Ascot–Ash Vale line Brighton Main Line Chertsey branch line Epsom Downs Branch Hampton Court branch line New Guildford Line North Downs Line Oxted line Portsmouth Direct Line Redhill–Tonbridge line Shepperton branch line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner line Waterloo to Reading Line
Closed lines	Cranleigh line Horton Light Railway London Necropolis Railway
Stations	Addlestone Ash Ash Vale Ashtead Bagshot Banstead Betchworth Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Brookwood Byfleet & New Haw Camberley Chertsey Chilworth Chipstead Clandon Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Dorking Dorking Deepdene Dorking West Dormans Earlswood Effingham Junction Egham Epsom Epsom Downs Esher Ewell East Ewell West Farncombe Farnham Frimley Godalming Godstone Gomshall Guildford Hampton Court Haslemere Hersham Hinchley Wood Horley Horsley Hurst Green Kempton Park Kingswood Leatherhead Lingfield London Road (Guildford) Longcross Merstham Milford Oxshott Oxted Redhill Reigate Salfords Shalford Shepperton Staines Sunbury Tadworth Tattenham Corner Thames Ditton Upper Halliford Upper Warlingham Virginia Water Walton-on-Thames Wanborough West Byfleet Weybridge Witley Woking Woldingham Worplesdon
Closed stations	Ash Green Halt Baynards Bramley & Wonersh Cranleigh Epsom Town Monks Lane Halt Tongham
Heritage railways	Old Kiln Light Railway

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Stations	Guildford bus station
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Navigable rivers	River Thames
Canals	Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations

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National Trails	North Downs Way Thames Path
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