In 2022/2023, Purley had 2,348,100 entries and exits, making it the 201^st most used, out of 2,575 stations in Great Britain.
It ranked 77^th busiest (out of 997), with 2,454 scheduled services per week.
That's a daily average of 6433.15 passengers* starting or ending their journey here and 18.40 passengers per service*, giving it the 538^th (out of 1,659) passenger to service ratio.
* This increases to a daily average of 7938.33 passengers passing through the station and 27.01 passengers per service when interchanges are included.
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 22 timetable.

A detailed breakdown of passenger journeys between individual stations can be found in our origin/destination matrix pages.

Plat.	Metres	VF*	Notes
1 - Up Fast	248	901
2 - Down Fast	247	898
3 - Up Slow	247	898
4 - Down Slow	246	894
5 - Up Caterham	224	814
5 - Up Caterham	224	814
6 - Down Caterham	208	756

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2025 (Jan 2024)

2006-07 TfL Travelcard
2018-19 Changes to Thameslink services from May 2018

Location: Purley
CRS: PUR / NLC: 5379 / TIPLOC(S): PURLEY
Station Facility Owner: Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern)
OS Grid Ref: 531487 161509
Constituency: Croydon South
Local Authority: Croydon
NR Region: London
ELR: VTB2 13m 29ch, PAT 15m 13ch
This station is part of the London Travelcard Area

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Top 5 jouneys from Purley during 2022/2023:
•London Bridge (279,142 journeys)
•London Victoria (199,291 journeys)
•East Croydon (74,323 journeys)
•Farringdon (39,843 journeys)
•London Blackfriars (38,341 journeys)
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