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Reedham railway station is a railway station in the south of Purley in the London Borough of Croydon on the Tattenham Corner Line. The local area is residential and the station is near the A23 Brighton Road. The Brighton main line is adjacent, but is not served by this station. Although occasionally referred to as ''Reedham (London)'',〔 〕 it is more commonly and officially known as ''Reedham (Surrey)''〔 〕 to distinguish it from Reedham railway station in Norfolk. == History == The station was opened by the South Eastern and Chatham Railway on its branch line to Tattenham Corner as ''Reedham Halt'' on 1 March 1911. Situated from Purley railway station, it was built with long platforms and adjoined an overbridge crossing Old Lodge Lane in Purley. It took its name from the nearby ''Reedham Asylum for Fatherless Children'', founded in Richmond by philanthropist Andrew Reed in 1844.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Reedham Orphanage )〕 The asylum was renamed Reedham Orphanage in 1904 and Reedham School in 1950. It closed in 1980, but the trust which ran it still occupies the original lodge (gatehouse) of the estate.〔 After a period of temporary wartime closure between 1917 and 1919, the halt became a station on 5 July 1936. On 12 May 1980, the suffix "Surrey" was added to the station's name to distinguish it from . Some timetables used to refer to the station as "Reedham (GLC)". Having first been lengthened in advance of electrification of the line in 1928, the platforms were again extended in 1982 to take eight-car trains in the days when a train had both a driver and a guard. However nowadays, due to lack of station CCTV to assist the driver to close the doors safely, trains without train-mounted external cameras are only permitted to open the doors on the first four carriages. A new passenger footbridge was installed in late 2013, removing the existing disabled access;〔 〕 the platforms were also resurfaced.〔 (【引用サイトリンク】 Contracts List 2013 )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Reedham (Surrey) railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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