page_title: East Croydon station
section_title: Northbound
hierarchical_section_title: East Croydon station / Services / Northbound
caption_attribution_description: English: View from platform 2 towards platform 3 at East Croydon station
context_page_description: East Croydon is a railway station and tram stop in the town of Croydon, Greater London, England, and is located in Travelcard Zone 5. At 10 miles 28 chains from London Bridge, it is one of the busiest non-terminal stations in London, and in the United Kingdom as a whole. It is one of three railway stations in the London Borough of Croydon with Croydon in their name, the others being West Croydon and South Croydon. A Tramlink tram stop is located immediately outside the main station entrance.
  The present station building opened on 19 August 1992. It consists of a large steel and glass frame suspended from a lightweight steel structure that straddles the track and platforms to a much greater extent than was possible with its Victorian predecessor. Four steel ladder masts anchor the glass box and the whole gives the impression of a suspension bridge that stretches into the distance. External canopies cover the entrances, a café's open-air seating area and the approaches to the tram stop. 440 m² of glass were used in the roof and 800 m² for the wall glazing.
context_section_description: Platform 1 serves northbound trains to Victoria. Fast services to Bedford use platform 2. Fast and stopping services to London Bridge and some to Victoria use platform 4 (platform 2 for Thameslink). Platform 5 serves both directions, with trains to Milton Keynes and services north to London Bridge mainly from Uckfield (most use Platform 4).
  Southern
  10tph to London Victoria
  7tph to London Bridge of which 3 run non-stop, 2 run via Peckham Rye and 2 run via Forest Hill
  1tph to Milton Keynes Central, via Kensington Olympia and Watford Junction
  Thameslink
  4tph to Bedford via London Bridge  and London St Pancras International
  2tph to Cambridge via  London St Pancras International
  2tph to Peterborough
caption: Station platforms 2 and 3 on 9 February 2011
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