Purley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Brighton Main Line measured from . All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London fare zone 6. The station has four platforms: a side platform on the up fast line, an island platform with a face on the down fast line and an eastern face used by up trains, and a side platform on the eastern side used by down trains. There is also a pay-and-display car park at the station.
The ticket office (staffed for part of the day) is on the island platform with two self-service ticket machines in the subway beneath the station.
A short walk away from Purley Oaks is Sanderstead railway station, also in zone 6, with services to Victoria and East Grinstead.
History
thumb|left|upright|A 1905 [[Railway Clearing House map of lines around Purley Oaks.]]
The station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 5 November 1899 as part of the improvements to the main line and the opening of the Quarry Line.
Platform 1 was gutted by fire in 1989, destroying Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms.
Services
250px|thumb|left|Southbound train calls at platform
All services at Purley Oaks are operated by Southern using EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
- 2 tph to (non-stop from )
- 2 tph to and , dividing and attaching at
There is one morning service from Gatwick Airport, which runs to London Victoria.
On Sundays, there is a half-hourly service between London Bridge and Caterham only. Passengers for Tattenham Corner have to change at Purley.