Last updated:Today at 22:09
Train companies affected:Southeastern
Last updated:Today at 08:59
Train companies affected:National Rail
Riddlesdown station, Lower Barn Road, Purley, London, CR8 1HN
Zone 6
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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.
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Oyster top-up is only available from the self-service ticket machine. Oyster Cards cannot be purchased at this station.
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Yes
For more information on using the Key smartcard, please visit the Key smartcard webpage on the Southern website.
Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.
If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:
pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
texting us on 07970 511077
We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.
Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.
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The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 1, next to the Help Point under the canopy.
Assistance can be provided via the help points, located on the platforms, at all times of the day.
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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.
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There are Help Points
Announcements are made both visually and audibly
Induction loops are at designated listening areas
Some step-free access to all platforms - please check details.
This is a Category B2 station: Step-free access to platforms via long and steep ramps (over 1:10 gradient).
The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 1, next to the Help Point under the canopy.
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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. A Mobile Assistance team covers this station.
You can arrange assistance by:
Pressing the “emergency & assisted travel” button on a station Help Point
Calling our freephone number: 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
Texting us on 07970 511077
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There are covered waiting areas on both platforms. A heated waiting room is available on platform 1 during staffed hours.
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There are tactile warnings on all platforms
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No dedicated area
Our Mobile Assistance Team is available to help you to complete your journey from this station if it is unstaffed.
If you have not booked assistance and require help boarding at this station, then on arrival please contact this team by either:
pressing the 'emergency & assisted travel' Help Point button
calling us on the freephone number 0808 168 1238 - Please note this is for immediate assistance only
texting us on 07970 511077
We will then arrange for our Mobile Assistance Team to reach you in good time before your train is scheduled to depart.
Whether you pre-book your assistance or prefer more flexibility, we recommend arriving 20 minutes before your train is scheduled to depart.
Yes
The Assistance Meeting Point is on platform 1, next to the Help Point under the canopy.
The assisted travel helpline is not available on Christmas Day.
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 the 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.
Most trains at this station have on board staff who are trained to step onto the platform when the train arrives so they can provide assistance on and off the train. 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
Whether you pre book assistance or travel on a 'turn up and go' basis, 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
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Platform 1, Waiting room
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There are covered waiting areas on both platforms. A heated waiting room is available on platform 1 during staffed hours.
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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.
10 spaces
Stands
Located on the ramp leading to platform 1 .
Cycles are left at owners risk. Abandoned cycles may be removed.
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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.
Information to plan your onward journey is available in the ‘Onward Travel Information Map’, located in the ‘Maps’ section below.