Sidetracked - Purley Oaks Traditional Cache
Sidetracked - Purley Oaks
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Thought Purley Oaks, the other station near me, could do with a sidetracked cache as well, so here it is!
You are looking for a small container, slightly longer than a film canister. There is space for very small swaps or tbs.
Please be wary when retrieving/replacing the cache as people frequently walk pass here on the way to/from the station (hence difficulty of 2).
You will need your own pen/pencil.
From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Purley_Oaks_railway_station):
Purley Oaks railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London, on the Brighton Main Line between Croydon and Redhill. All trains serving it are operated by Southern and it is in London Travelcard Zone 6. The station comprises four platform faces, that on the west side unused (up fast line), an island platform whose western face is unused (down fast) and whose eastern face is used by up trains, and a platform on the eastern side served by down trains.
The station was opened by the London Brighton and South Coast Railway on 5 November 1899. It was built as part of the improvements to the main line and the opening of the Quarry Line.
Until 1983, trains to London Victoria from Coulsdon North stopped on Platform 1 (calling at South and East Croydon, Clapham Junction and Victoria), with returning trains stopping at Platform 2 (calling at Purley and Coulsdon North). Trains to London Bridge and Charing Cross from Caterham/Tattenham Corner stopped at Platform 3 (calling at South and East Croydon, New Cross Gate, London Bridge, Waterloo East and Charing Cross), returning trains stopping at Platform 4 (the train divided at Purley, with the front portion stopping at all stations to Caterham, the rear portion all stations to Tattenham Corner). Coulsdon North closed in 1983, and Platform 1 at Purley Oaks was gutted by fire in 1989; Croydon Model Railway Society's clubrooms on Platform 1 were destroyed in the blaze.
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