Railway station in Travelcard Zone 5 opened 1841. It is one of three railway stations in the London Boro ugh of Croydon with Croydon in their name, the others being West Croydon Station and South Croydon Station. Along with Kensington Olympia, East Croydon was until 13 December 2008 one of two stations in the London area to be served by CrossCountry. More information on the Wikipedia page [1]