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Purley Railway StationPurley railway station serves Purley in the London Borough of Croydon, on the main London to Brighton line, in Travelcard Zone 6. It is a junction with the branches to Caterham and Tattenham Corner. There are also sidings used by the Day and Son gravel company, part of whose installation has been given a visual treatment intended to resemble a signal box. Trains of aggregates from Cliffe are dealt with here. The station was originally opened by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) on 12 July 1841: it was then called Godstone Road, which was seven miles from that village: it was closed on 1 October 1847. On 5 August 1856 the Caterham branch was opened, joining the main line at the site of the old station. At the time there was intense rivalry between the South Eastern Railway (SER), in whose territory the new branch stood, and the LBSCR for the use of the main line. The Caterham Railway had to sue the LBSCR to get the junction station reopened: this it did, three months later. Caterham Junction became Purley on 1 October 1888. The Purley Station rail crash on 4 March 1989 occurred just to the north of the station, and left 5 dead and 94 injured. Purley Oaks station lies to the north of Purley on the Brighton main line. The typical off-peak service from the station is: External links
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