Station

Station facilities

  • Parking
  • Shops
  • Step-free access
  • Ticket machine
  • Ticket office
  • Toilets
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General service information
Staffing Level
Full time
Closed Circuit Television
Yes
Information Available From Staff
Yes - from help point
Information Services Open
Mon-Sun
CIS
  • Departure Screens
  • Announcements
Customer Help Points
Yes

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

Ticket buying and collection
Ticket Office
Yes
Prepurchase Collection
Yes
Ticket Machine
Yes
Oystercard Issued

No

Oystercard Topup
Yes
Use Oystercard
Yes
Oyster Comments

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

Always Show Oyster Card Fields
Yes
Smartcard Issued
Yes
Smartcard Validator
Yes
Smartcard Comments

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

All station facilities
Seated Area
Yes
Waiting Room

There are heated waiting areas on all platforms

Station Buffet
Yes
Toilets
Yes

Located on platforms 0, 1, 2 and 3.

Baby Change

No

Telephones

No

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.

Accessibility and mobility access
Helpline

For help with planning your journey, or to book assistance, please contact our assisted travel helpline on:

  • Phone - 0800 138 1016
  • Textphone - 0800 138 1018

https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/travel-help/assisted-travel
Mon-Sun
Induction Loop
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.

Ramp For Train Access
Yes

A staff-operated ramp is required for step-free access between train and platform at this station.

Accessible Taxis

No

National Key Toilets

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

Step Free Access

This is a Category A station: This station has step-free access to all platforms.

The Assistance Meeting Point is by the Ticket Office.

This station does not have tactile surfaces along all platform edges. Please pay attention to where the platform surface changes from smooth to paved or contact us for assistance.


Coverage: whole Station
Ticket Gates
Yes
Impaired Mobility Set Down
Yes

Located at the front of the station

Wheelchairs Available
Yes
Assisted Travel

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:

Accessibility at the station - Southern.

Transport links
Cycle Storage
Spaces: 190
Sheltered: Yes
Cctv: Yes
Location:

A two-tier cycle storage facility is located at the front of the station.

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


Type: Stands,Racks
Rail Replacement Services

Please click the link for details regarding the rail replacement bus location.


Rail Replacement Map: https://assets.nationalrail.co.uk/e8xgegruud3g/1 X B F4 Wee A Lmymb Pb Jta Ia V/c636301105d87841dbdbecd9cb864a62/2025-01_ C I_ S N_ R R B_ R D H_ D R.pdf
Taxi Rank

A taxi rank is located outside the front of the main entrance.

Onward Travel

Information to plan your onward journey is available in the 'Onward Travel Information Map', located in the 'Maps' section below.

Parking information
Car Park

Operator Name: A P C O A Parking U K
Name: Station Car Park
Spaces: 393
Number Accessible Spaces: 4
Accessible Spaces Note:

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 ( A N P R), 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.


Accessible Car Park Equipment: No
Cctv: Yes

Open:
Mon-Sun

Website: https://www.apcoa.co.uk/southern/
Passenger services
Left Luggage

No

Lost Property
Yes

If you have lost something at one of our stations or onboard our trains, please visit our website and use the webform to register your lost item.

As some of our trains serve stations which are managed by other train operators (see below), you should also 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.


Operator Name: Southern
https://www.southernrailway.com/lostproperty
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