Platforms
Platform 1 and 2 are normally used only on Saturdays and when engineering works dictate. On weekdays, fast services on the Brighton Main Line make no stops between East Croydon and Brighton: these trains, together with Gatwick Express and First Capital Connect services, pass through platforms 1 and 2. During 2008 a fence was erected to prevent access to Platform 2, following a number of suicides. A gate at the southern end of this fence is opened by staff for the few trains that stop.
Platform 3 is used for mainline services to London Bridge and London Victoria.
Platform 4 is used for mainline services to Horsham and weekend services to Bognor Regis.
Platform 5 and 6 serve the branch lines to Tattenham Corner and Caterham. Both these platforms can be used by trains in either direction, though platform 5 is primarily northbound towards London and platform 6 is usually southbound.
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