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South Croydon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, in Travelcard Zone 5. It is on the Brighton Line at its junction with the Oxted Line. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern. ==History== Originally South Croydon was a terminus next to the through lines of the Brighton Line but without any platforms on them, the end of a extension of the local lines from New Croydon, opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 1 September 1865. The aim was to provide more space for reversing local trains than could be afforded at busy New Croydon. The rapid growth of the town in this area may also have been a factor. In 1894 the railway obtained authority to extend the local lines to Coulsdon, where they connected with the new Quarry line. The station was rebuilt as a through station with platform faces on all lines prior to the opening of the line in November 1899. In 1947 a train crash about south of the station killed 32 people, the worst accident in the history of the Southern Railway. On 1 August 2011, a landslide caused by a burst water main occurred approximately north of the station, blocking the railway for 24 hours. 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「South Croydon railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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