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Location notes
About 20 miles south of London in Surrey on the London to Brighton mainline.
Railway type and traffic
Redhill is served by five different Train Operating Companies so there is a wide variety of passenger traffic. Freight traffic is, however, very rare. With only a few trains to and from Crawley.
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Environment
Close to Redhill town centre.
Road directions
From M25 Junction 8 follow the signs for Redhill. When you reach the town centre follow the signs for the A25 towards Godstone, and you will soon see the railway and station on an embankment to the left of the road.
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Redhill Station map co-ordinates
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Redhill Station map co-ordinates
Parking
The station car park is for season ticket holders only on weekdays, but there are plenty of shopping car parks nearby.
Public transport
Trains from London, Gatwick & the South Coast, Reading & Guildford, and Kent via Tonbridge.
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Amenities
The shopping centre is very close, also hot & cold drinks are sold on the station platform.
Sun Compass
Sun Compass using Suncalc by brought to you by Vladimir Agafonkin:
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Redhill Station
Streetmap links
Redhill Station general view map
Redhill Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Redhill Station
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Redhill Station
Googly map
Redhill Station general view map
Redhill Station close up map
Windows Local Live Link - image quality may vary
Redhill Station
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Photographic notes
Good views to the north and south, from both the footbridge and the station platforms.
General views - All photographs © Paul Bowery unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
From platforms 1&2. The best way to reach the footbridge is through the car park which is to the left of the tracks, on the town centre side of the station.
Fig 2 - Looking south
From platforms 1&2. The tracks curving away to the left are the line to Tonbridge, straight on is the main line to Gatwick & Brighton, and the line to Reigate and Guildford curves to the right. The sidings on the right of the picture are disused.
Fig 3 - Looking south
View of the station from the footbridge.
The right hand island platforms 1&2 are usually used for services that terminate or reverse at Redhill, and through trains to London. Platform 3 is used for services from London. The track on the left of the photo is the former Royal Mail terminal, which is now only used as an occasional emergency stabling point.
Fig 4 - Looking north
From the footbridge. The footbridge is caged over but the sides are the original ironwork with large enough gaps to fit a camera through.
Fig 5 - Looking north west
There is a view from the car park near the back entrance to the station, but the fence is a bit of a nuisance.
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The information on these pages is supplied for the benefit of railway enthusiasts who carry out a harmless hobby, and through the medium of photography and video, actually promote the railway industry. Railway enthusiasts can also act as eyes and ears against railway vandalism, and as such should surely be encouraged to do so by the supply of adequate information such as is found on this website.
This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
