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Useful information

Operational facts:

158 Stations
2,284 weekday services
2,076 Saturday services
1,242 Sunday services
447,000 passenger journeys per day
414 route miles across the Southern network
4,000 employees

Route information

Hurst Green to Uckfield and Hastings to Ashford are diesel routes. All other routes are electrified through the third rail at 750v dc.

Fleet information

Class	No. of Units	Coaches per unit
377/3	28	3
377/4	154	4
171/7	9	2
171/8	6	4
455	46	4
456	24	2
442	17	5

Passenger capacity

Car	Class	Seats
3	377	160
4	377	223
4	377	243
2	171	107
4	171	241
4	455	316
2	456	152
5	442	320

Investment facts

In the last six years Southern has invested in the following

700 new electric carriages - £856 million
42 new diesel trains - £50 million
Refit of class 455 metro trains - £20 million
Train depot upgrades - £115 million

Top 20 station footfall

This table shows Southern's 20 busiest stations and how many people use them on a daily and annual basis.

Station	Daily	Annual
London Victoria	178,548	65,170,20
London Bridge	131,499	47,339,640
East Croydon	71,800	25,848,00
Sutton	22,360	8,049,600
Brighton	17,753	6,391,080
Streatham Common	12,932	4,655,520
Haywards Heath	11,81	4,167,280
Balham	11,312	4072,320
New Cross Gate	10,048	3,617,280
Battersea Park	9,895	3,532,200
Tulse Hill	9,876	3,555,360
Chichester	9,826	3,537,360
Norwood Junction	9,477	3,411,720
Peckham Rye	9,360	3,369,600
Epsom	9,233	3,323,880
Worthing	9,2528	3,322,080
Redhill	8,682	3,190,320
Purley	8,769	3,156,840
West Croydon	8,325	2,997,000
Lewes	7,962	2,866,320

Peak performance explained

Peak punctuality is measured for Passenger's Charter purposes on the arrival of each train scheduled to arrive in London between 0700 and 0959 (GBTT times), and those scheduled to depart from London between 1600 & 1859. It also includes portions which are attached to or detached from any of those trains.

If these trains arrive at their destination under 5 minutes late then they are counted as "within Passenger's Charter". If they are 5 minutes late or more, or do not run for the whole of their journey, then they are counted as "outside Passenger's Charter."

This means that if a train reaches its destination under 4 minutes 59 seconds after its timetabled arrival time, it is deemed to be on time.