Half Hourly Trains on Monday & Tuesdays

Despite advertising by GTR that Riddlesdown (and other stations from Sanderstead to East Grinstead) would have half-hourly trains again during the day for the school summer holidays, this has not always been the case, especially on Mondays and Tuesdays.

The RRA took this up with the East Surrey Transport Committee (which the RRA are represented on), and this is the reply back from GTR:
“Unfortunately we haven’t been able to increase the service to half-hourly for as many of the weeks as we originally […]

Amended weekend train services for Riddlesdown;
We have received this e-mail below from GTR reminding about the engineering works every weekend in January (and later in the year) on the main London to Brighton rail. According to the National Rail website, this WILL have an impact for Riddlesdown train services (and Sanderstead & Upper Warlingham) as they will be hourly only, going to/from London Bridge on both Saturdays and Sundays.

The London/East Grinstead line will be used for access to London Gatwick and onward to Brighton and the south […]

GTR (Southern Railway & Thameslink) have announced today (8/11/25) in an e-mail that they are gradually reinstating the half-hourly service during the weekdays from 14 December 2025 for the East Grinstead line (including Riddlesdown). But there are some catches!

They advise;
“Services between East Grinstead and London Victoria – Monday to Friday
To make it easier for people to travel during the middle of the day, services between East Grinstead and London Victoria will now be half-hourly during the middle of the day on weekdays, rather than hourly.

Please check train times before travelling. For more information, please click/tap on the relevant date on the link engineering works.

Croydon Council no longer supply a list of road works in our area. So please refer to the One Network link for all of Croydon’s planned road works/closures (and further afield); OneNetwork

Riddlesdown Open Space (end of Riddlesdown Rd) – Car Parking Charges commenced on 25 January 2021

The City of London brought in new parking charges to both Riddlesdown and Farthing Downs car parks from Monday 25 January 2021. A number of residents contacted us and Ward Cllrs about this and particular about the concern of further on street parking to nearby roads, particularly close to Riddlesdown Open Space.

We have taken some information below from the C of L website. There are also some ‘frequently asked […]

Because there are no ‘Traffic Wardens’ patrolling the ‘Common’ car park, residents and users might think that by parking there for a few minutes, that they will ‘get away’ without paying.

We have been advised by a number of users that they have received a ‘Park Charge Notice’ from District Enforcement. Users, by parking there in excess of 10 minutes (drivers only have 10 minutes grace to make a payment – there is no notification about this on site!) and not paying will receive a Park Charge […]