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West Croydon station was an early example of the development of the railway station, in this case with typical Southern style concrete buildings, that included space for station related shops such as newsagents and florists. The building to the north was the station while that to the south made use of the space over the tracks beside the bridge for the construction a small parade of shops facing the station. Similar arrangements were created elsewhere, for example on the bridge at Wimbledon. I well remember using this station every Boxing Day in the 1950s and 1960s on the way to visit my cousin in Sanderstead. We would catch the bus just round the corner from the station for the final part our journey from Ashtead. '