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Train companies affected:Southeastern, Thameslink
Last updated:Today at 20:21
Train companies affected:Avanti West Coast, Caledonian Sleeper, Northern, TransPennine Express
Purley station, Station Approach, Whytecliffe Road, Purley, London, CR8 2UD
Zone 6
Yes
Available
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.
Yes
Yes
Yes
Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Pre-loaded Oyster Cards can be purchased at the ticket office.
Yes
Yes
For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Southern website.
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 6, above the waiting room.
Unavailable
Available
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.
No
There are Help Points
Announcements are made both visually and audibly
Induction loops are throughout this station
This station has step-free access to all platforms / the platform.
This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms.
The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 6, above the waiting room.
Available
Available
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.
Yes
Available
A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.
Available
Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.
Accessible toilets at this station are accessed using a RADAR key.
Available
There are heated waiting rooms on platforms 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
The waiting room on platform 6 has one small step to access.
Seating is also available on platforms 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Available
Available
There are tactile warnings on all platforms
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Available
Located at the rear of the station
4 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.
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 6, above the waiting room.
The assisted helpline is not available on Christmas Day.
Staff are available at this station from the first to last trains of the day, for providing assistance getting on and off the train and assisting around the station and platforms. Assistance can be provided unbooked (turn up and go) or pre booked up to two hours before departure by contacting Assisted Travel.
Whether you pre book assistance or travel unbooked, please contact a member of staff on arrival. 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:
There are Help Points
Available
Platforms 2/3 and 4/5
Available
Toilets may only be available during staffed hours at some locations.
Accessible toilets at this station are accessed using a RADAR key.
Available
Facilties may only be available when the station is staffed.
Available
There are heated waiting rooms on platforms 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.
The waiting room on platform 6 has one small step to access.
Seating is also available on platforms 3, 4, 5 and 6.
Available
APCOA Parking UK
236 spaces
4 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.
Available
Located at the rear of the station
Yes
Available
Available
No
Unavailable
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.
70 spaces
Stands & Racks
Located outside the entrance closest to platform 1.
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
Yes
There are no accessible cycle facilities but there is charging facilities
There is no help point close to the cycle parking
There are no cycle hire facilities at this station
Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.
A taxi rank is located outside the front of both station entrances.
Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.