West Croydon station
West Croydon   
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 West Croydon
Location of West Croydon in Greater London
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| Location | Croydon |
| Local authority | London Borough of Croydon |
| Managed by | London Overground |
| Owner | Network Rail |
| Station code | WCY |
| DfT category | C2 |
| Number of platforms | 3 (formerly 4) |
| Accessible | Yes |
| Fare zone | 5 |
| Tramlink annual boardings and alightings | |
| 2009–10 | 1.312 million |
| 2010–11 | 1.502 million |
| National Rail annual entry and exit | |
| 2011–12 |
 3.870 million |
| 2012–13 |
4.301 million |
| 2013–14 |
 4.281 million |
| 2014–15 |
4.488 million |
| – interchange | 0.472 million |
| 2015–16 |
5.113 million |
| – interchange |
0.626 million |
| Railway companies | |
| Original company | London and Croydon Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 5 June 1839 | Opened as Croydon |
| April 1851. | Renamed West Croydon |
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| WGS84 | 51°22′42″N 0°06′09″W / 51.3783°N 0.1025°WCoordinates: 51°22′42″N 0°06′09″W / 51.3783°N 0.1025°W |
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West Croydon is a National Rail station, a Tramlink stop and a London Buses hub, serving as a transport interchange between the three systems. It is in the London Borough of Croydon and Travelcard Zone 5. The East London line, part of London Overground, was extended to the station on 23 May 2010.
The main entrance is on London Road, a short distance from the main shopping area. There are ticket barriers protecting the platforms. Trains run to London Victoria, London Bridge, Highbury & Islington, and Sutton and from there to west Surrey and West Sussex.
By December 2009 station remodelling and tracklaying were completed for the southern extension of the East London Line, of which West Croydon is a terminus. The space occupied by former bay platform 2, out of use since the Wimbledon service was withdrawn in 1997 and replaced by Tramlink in 2000, has been utilised to extend platform 3, the London-bound platform. Bay platform 1 has been retained.
In April 2012 a new entrance was constructed in Station Road, allowing direct access to the railway station from the adjacent bus and tram stops.
A short distance from the main entrance is Station Road, where West Croydon bus station and tram stop are located. The tram stop is next to, but was for a long time physically separate from, the rail platforms, until the construction of the new entrance. All Tramlink routes use West Croydon, which is a single platform stop on the unidirectional loop around central Croydon.
The bus station is a hub for London Buses, with 19 routes terminating or passing through.
From 1809 to 1836 the site was the terminal basin of the Croydon Canal. The canal was drained and became part of the route of the London & Croydon Railway, opening on 5 June 1839. In 1845 the L&C inaugurated the atmospheric system of propulsion; it worked for about a year but was not successful. The station was originally named Croydon; in April 1851 it became West Croydon.
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