Clandon railway station
Clandon  | |
|---|---|
 Clandon railway station | |
| Location | West Clandon, Guildford England |
| Coordinates | 51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W / 51.264°N 0.503°WCoordinates: 51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W / 51.264°N 0.503°W |
| Grid reference | TQ045527 |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CLA |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Passengers | |
| 2016/17 |  0.223 million |
| 2017/18 |  0.206 million |
| 2018/19 | 0.203 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.185 million |
| 2020/21 | 31,444 |
| Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road | |
Clandon railway station is located in the village of West Clandon in Surrey, England. It is 25 miles 26 chains (40.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
The station is managed by South Western Railway, who provide the majority of train services; Southern also provide some peak period services.
It is situated on the New Guildford Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham or Epsom.
Services[]
South Western Railway operate all off-peak services at the station using Class 455 EMUs.
Until 2022, Class 456 trains were often attached to Class 455 units to form ten carriage trains, but these were withdrawn on 17th January with the introduction of a new timetable. [1]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]
- 4 tph to London Waterloo (2 of these run via Epsom and 2 run via Cobham)
- 4 tph to Guildford
During the peak hours, the station is also served by a number of Southern services between Guildford and London Bridge via Sutton and West Croydon. These services run towards London in the morning peak and towards Guildford in the evening peak and are operated using Class 377 EMUs.[3]
| Preceding station |  National Rail
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsley | South Western Railway New Guildford Line Mole Valley Line |
London Road (Guildford) | ||
| Southern Sutton & Mole Valley Lines Peak Hours Only |
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Accidents and incidents[]
- On 4 January 2019, a 51-year-old male passenger was fatally stabbed on board a South Western Railway service from Guildford to London Waterloo, as it was travelling between London Road and Clandon stations. The train was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[4] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[5]
References[]
- ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. p. 10-11.
- ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- ^ Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2020
- ^ "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
External links[]
- Train times and station information for Clandon railway station from National Rail
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