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South Croydon (SCY)

South Croydon station, Blunt Road, Croydon, Greater London, CR2 7PA

Live trains

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Station Information

Lift status

There are no lifts at this station.

Ticket Office

Opening Hours
  • Opening Hours Monday to Friday: 06:20 - 19:45
  • Opening Hours Saturday: 06:20 - 19:45
  • Opening Hours Sunday: 08:10 - 15:45
London Fare Zone

Zone 5

Ticket Machines

Yes

Collect tickets bought online
  • Collect tickets at Ticket Machine
Accessible ticket machines

Yes

All Southern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.

Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.

Induction loop

Yes

Oyster and Contactless Information

Purchase Oyster card here

No

Top-up Oyster Pay as you go here
  • Top-up Oyster at Ticket Machine
Use Oyster or Contactless Pay as you go here

Yes

Oyster and Contactless notes

Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station.

Smartcards

Smartcards issued at this station

Yes

Smartcard tickets
  • No
Smartcard validators

Yes

Smartcard notes

For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Southern website.

Information Available From Staff

  • Yes - from help point

Customer Information Screens

  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements

Information Services Opening Times

  • Information Services Opening Times Monday to Friday: 05:00 - 00:45
  • Information Services Opening Times Saturday: 05:30 - 01:00
  • Information Services Opening Times Sunday: 05:30 - 00:45

Staff Help Available

  • Staff Help Available Monday to Friday: 05:00 - 00:45
  • Staff Help Available Saturday: 05:30 - 01:00
  • Staff Help Available Sunday: 05:30 - 00:45

Customer Help Points

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

Luggage Storage

No

Lost Property

Yes

If you have lost something at a Southern station or onboard a Southern train, please visit the Southern website and use the webform to register your lost item.

Some Southern trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below). You should consider logging your lost item with them, just in case it's been handed in at one of their stations.

If you have found an item of lost property, please hand it in to a member of staff.

CCTV at the Station

Yes

Station Accessibility

Step-free access

This station does not have step-free access to any platform.

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

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

Ticket barriers and gates

Yes

Accessible ticket machines

Yes

All Southern ticket machines are able to sell tickets with Disabled Persons Railcard discounts.

Ticket machines are of an accessible design, however their location and the station itself may not be. Please check the station map or the 'step free access' section before making your way to the station.

Induction loop

Yes

Ramp for train access

No

It is not possible to provide level access between train and platform at this station.

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Waiting rooms

Yes

There is an unheated waiting area on platform 1, 4 & 5.

Seating area

Yes

Wheelchairs available

No

Getting to and from the station

Accessible taxis here

No

Impaired mobility set down/pick-up point

Yes

Whilst there is no dedicated area, there is ample space for impaired mobility set down / pick up at the front of the station

Accessible spaces

2 spaces

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.

Staff Help

Staff help available
  • Staff help available Monday to Friday: 05:00 - 00:45
  • Staff help available Saturday: 05:30 - 01:00
  • Staff help available Sunday: 05:30 - 00:45
Customer Help Points and Meeting Point

Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

Helpline
  • Helpline Monday to Sunday: Yes

The assisted helpline is not available on Christmas Day.

0800 138 1016

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.

Toilets

Yes

Accessible Toilets

Yes

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.

Baby Changing

Yes

Facilties may only be available when the station is staffed.

Waiting Rooms

Yes

There is an unheated waiting area on platform 1, 4 & 5.

Seating Area

Yes

Car Parking Availability

  • Car Parking Availability Monday to Sunday: Yes

Spaces

80 spaces

Accessible spaces

2 spaces

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.

Impaired mobility set down/pick up points available

Yes

Whilst there is no dedicated area, there is ample space for impaired mobility set down / pick up at the front of the station

Car park CCTV

Yes

Refreshment Facilities

No

Pay Phones

No

Public Wi-Fi

No

There is no WIFI at this station. However, WIFI is available onboard trains which serve this station. More information about onboard WIFI can be found on the Southern website.

Bicycle Storage

Spaces

40 spaces

Type of Storage

Stands & Racks

Location

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

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

CCTV

Yes

Bicycle Hire

Cycle Hire Information

There are no cycle hire facilities at this station

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