page_title: Coulsdon North railway station
section_title: Decline and closure
hierarchical_section_title: Coulsdon North railway station / Decline and closure
caption_attribution_description: English: The last day at Coulsdon North railway station. This gives a good impression of this station in its final years. It was quite a large station originally: essentially a terminus, there were, however, two through roads, on the left, serving Platforms 3 and 4, which had not been used for many years. These through tracks led to the 'Quarry line', the route used by the fastest trains from Victoria to Brighton, including the 'Brighton Belle'. Beyond the station was a six-road carriage storage facility, which was taken out of use the same day as the station closed.
context_page_description: Coulsdon North is a closed railway station that served Coulsdon, Croydon, England, on the Brighton Main Line.
context_section_description: The situation of Coulsdon North on the so-called "fast track" of the Quarry Line posed pathing problems, as the route had to give priority to express services heading for the South Coast. Accordingly, through services to the coast were withdrawn, and the fast platforms saw only occasional use for special trains. Furthermore, the opening of Smitham (now called Coulsdon Town) in 1904 had created 3 stations in the same area and, by the 1960s, the decline had begun to set in. Only the terminal platforms were regularly used, for stopping trains from Victoria or London Bridge. Weekend passenger services were withdrawn in 1965, the goods yard was closed in 1968, and from May 1970, passenger services only operated at peak hours on weekdays. The station finally closed in 1983 as part of the resignalling of the Brighton main line.
  The last passenger train ran on the evening of Friday 30 September 1983, a special to East Croydon. The station and its sidings were officially closed as of Monday 3 October 1983. The station was demolished shortly afterwards.
  During an archaeological excavation in March 1994, the arched foundation brickwork of the station subway was found.
  The site of the station buildings has since been redeveloped with small industrial units. In 2006 the A23 Coulsdon Relief Road was constructed through its site. Only the station approach road, alongside which are a few sections of railway fencing, indicate its former site.
caption: Last day at Coulsdon North
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