Waddon railway station

Waddon
Waddon
	Waddon Location of Waddon in Greater London
Location	Waddon
Local authority	London Borough of Croydon
Managed by	Southern
Station code(s)	WDO
DfT category	D
Number of platforms	2
Fare zone	5
National Rail annual entry and exit
2018–19	0.672 million
2019–20	0.685 million
2020–21	0.212 million
2021–22	0.400 million
2022–23	0.484 million
Railway companies
Original company	London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton & South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
February 1863	Opened
Other information
External links	Departures; Facilities;
Coordinates	51°22′03″N 0°07′01″W / 51.3674°N 0.117°W
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Waddon railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southern. It is in Travelcard Zone 5, between West Croydon and Wallington, and is 11 miles 40 chains (11.50 miles, 18.51 km) down the line from London Bridge measured via Forest Hill.^[2]

Accidents and incidents

On 4 November 1942, two electric multiple units collided due to a signalman's error: two people were killed.^[3]

All services at Waddon are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[4]

During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly service between London Victoria and Sutton.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
West Croydon		Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Wallington

London Buses routes 154, 157, 289 and 439 serve the station.

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Estimates of station usage". Rail statistics. Office of Rail Regulation. Please note: Some methodology may vary year on year.
^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 22. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
^ Glover, John (2001). Southern Electric. Hersham: Ian Allan. p. 141. ISBN 0-7110-2807-9.
^ Table 172 National Rail timetable, May 2022