Direct trains to east Croydon

[spanglysteve]

I was planning my journey to Gatwick for later today when I was surprised to discover that there are now direct trains from Peckham rye to east Croydon. The thing is these only appear to be on a Sunday.

Does anyone know if this is a permanent thing, or likely to be expanded to during the week as well?

[Bozza]

You can get a direct train to East Croydon from Forest Hill (or Honor Oak Park), that is what I normally do if going to Gatwick.

From London Bridge or ED you will have to catch the train to London Bridge or Victoria. There is also a direct trian from Tulse Hill to Gatwick but only once a day, so could be risky if cancelled/delayed.

Mini cab is around ?40.

[Jeremy]

You used to be able to get direct trains from ED to East Croydon - back when daytime services were 6 an hour...

[nunhead_man]

Yes - its a pain - can go from Forest Hill as mentioned or from East Dulwich take West Croydon train (southbound), change at Selhurst for East Croydon (stay on same platform), and then change at East Croydon for Gatwick

[Sue]

Jeremy Wrote:

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> You used to be able to get direct trains from ED

> to East Croydon

xxxxxx

You still can.

Or at least, unless my OH and I were both dreaming, we made a return trip to East Croydon from South Bermondsey last night, and the train passed through East Dulwich on both the outward and return journeys.

The trains run every half hour on a Sunday night.

And extremely useful we found them too :)

[StraferJack]

I've taken a direct train from East Croydon to east Dulwich in the last month, but it's definitely an occasional service compared to a few years back when there was a big sign on the ED railway bridge advertising "Ed to London Bridge 11 minutes, ED to East Croydon 22 mins"

[Jeremy]

Thanks Sue & SJ... on further investigation, it appears to be a Sunday-only service.

[spanglysteve]

They seem to be thameslink trains so I wonder if it's somerhing to do with weekend works on thameslink. I shan't get my hopes up for it being a permanent timetable alteration.

[KidKruger]

I used to work in East Croydon and for a year commuted out to EC then back up to ED during early/late office hours with a selection of trains right through the day !

I can't conceive of why this service would have been stopped.

[spanglysteve]

Yes I'm sure I would find the service very useful, especially as I often have to work in Brighton. I imagine it was stopped due to lack of demand, but it would be great if it were a permanent thing.