Cheam railway station
Cheam | |
|---|---|
 Main building | |
  Cheam Location of Cheam in Greater London | |
| Location | Cheam |
| Local authority | London Borough of Sutton |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Station code(s) | CHE |
| DfT category | D |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| Accessible | Yes[1] |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2018–19 |  1.086 million[2] |
| 2019–20 | 1.115 million[2] |
| 2020–21 |  0.265 million[2] |
| 2021–22 | 0.665 million[2] |
| 2022–23 | 0.790 million[2] |
| Key dates | |
| 10 May 1847 | Opened |
| Other information | |
| External links | |
| Coordinates | 51°21′22″N0°12′53″W/ 51.356°N 0.2147°W |
 London transport portal | |
Cheam railway stationservesCheamin theLondon Borough of Sutton.It is located on theSutton & Mole Valley Linessection fromSuttontoEpsomwith trains toLondon VictoriaandLondon Bridgeboth viaMitcham JunctionandWest Croydon.
Location
[edit]Cheam Railway station is located between Cheam Village and South Cheam. This is approximately 200 meters south of Cheam High Street (A232), near its junction with theA217.The railway goes under the A217 (Belmont Rise) at the eastern end of the station.
History
[edit]In 1844 Cheam was on the planned route for theLondontoPortsmouthatmospheric railway.The section of line betweenCroydonandEpsomwas part of theLondon & Croydon Railwaycompany who promoted the Clegg and Samuda atmospheric principle, utilizing a 15 in (380 mm) pipe. This project failed, and Cheam station became part of theLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railwayon 10 May 1847.
The station is almost 16 miles (26 km) fromLondon Bridge station.Over the years Cheam station expanded, and was rebuilt and the rail bed widened in preparation for the installation ofAC overhead electric services,which would have included the building of an additional central platform island. Due to the outbreak of theFirst World War,the full planned expansion was cancelled and was never completed. Nevertheless, the through lines were still in place until 1978 after the Bognor Regis and Portsmouth express services were withdrawn from the Sutton and Dorking route to serve an expandingGatwick Airport.The wide space between the tracks still remains and shows where the fast lines had been laid prior their removal. The brick main buildings are on the down side of the station.
Services
[edit]All services at Cheam are operated bySouthernusingClass 377EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 2 tph toLondon VictoriaviaHackbridge
- 2 tph toLondon BridgeviaWest Croydon
- 2 tph toEpsom
- 2 tph toDorkingof which 1 continues toHorsham
On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sutton | Southern |
Ewell EastorEpsom | ||
Connections
[edit]London BusesrouteS2serves the station.
References
[edit]- ^"Network Map".Southern.Archived fromthe originalon 20 February 2012.Retrieved2 January2010.
- ^abcde"Estimates of station usage".Rail statistics.Office of Rail Regulation.Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
- ^Table 180National Railtimetable, December 2021
External links
[edit]
- Train timesandstation informationfor Cheam railway station fromNational Rail
- Southern E-Group's page with pictures
