Dorking Deepdene railway station

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Dorking Deepdene
National Rail
Dorking Deepdene.jpg
The platforms at Dorking Deepdene, looking west
LocationDorking, District of Mole Valley
England
Coordinates51°14′20″N 0°19′30″W / 51.239°N 0.325°W / 51.239; -0.325Coordinates: 51°14′20″N 0°19′30″W / 51.239°N 0.325°W / 51.239; -0.325
Grid referenceTQ171501
Managed byGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDPD
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original companyReading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1851 (1851-02-01)Station opened as "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road"
March 1851Renamed "Box Hill"
1 January 1917Temporarily closed
1 January 1919Reopened
9 July 1923Renamed "Deepdene"
11 May 1987Renamed "Dorking (Deepdene)"
Passengers
2015/16Decrease 0.419 million
 Interchange Increase 0.212 million
2016/17Decrease 0.398 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.200 million
2017/18Increase 0.442 million
 Interchange Increase 0.262 million
2018/19Decrease 0.441 million
 Interchange Increase 0.270 million
2019/20Decrease 0.407 million
 Interchange Decrease 0.262 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dorking Deepdene railway station is a railway station in the town of Dorking, Surrey, England. Located on the North Downs Line, it lies 29 miles 65 chains (47.98 km) from London Victoria (via Redhill).[1] The station is one of three within Dorking, alongside Dorking West (elsewhere on the North Downs line) and Dorking (on the Mole Valley line). The station is within walking distance of Dorking station[2] and interchange on a through ticket is permitted.

Dorking Deepdene is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all services through the station.

The station has two platforms, each long enough to accommodate a four-carriage train.[3] It is unstaffed and has no ticket office.[4] Tickets can be bought on trains, at the automatic ticket machine at the entrance to the station,[4] or at the ticket office at nearby Dorking station, which sells tickets for all National Rail services.[5] The station is located on an embankment above street level and the platforms can only be reached by steps;[4] passengers who require step-free access are advised to instead use Dorking West station, approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west, which is fully wheelchair-accessible.[6]

History[]

The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway (RG&RR) was authorised in 1846 and opened in stages. One of the first parts to open was between Redhill and Dorking, on 4 July 1849;[7] the terminus was at the present-day Dorking West station.

Redhill - Reading train in 1964

A second station in Dorking (what is now Dorking Deepdene) was not built until 1 February 1851; when it opened, it was originally named "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road" and it was shortened to "Box Hill" in March the same year.[8] The RG&RR was soon absorbed by the South Eastern Railway (SER).[7]

The station at Box Hill was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917, and reopened on 1 January 1919.[8] In the 1923 grouping the SER became part of the new Southern Railway, which on 9 June of that year renamed the station "Deepdene" to avoid confusion with Box Hill & Westhumble station.[9] On 11 May 1987 British Railways renamed the station "Dorking (Deepdene)".[10]

Services[]

165114 arriving at Dorking Deepdene with a GWR service from Reading to Redhill

The typical off-peak service pattern (Monday to Sunday) is two trains per hour each way between Reading and Redhill; one train per hour continues beyond Redhill to and from Gatwick Airport.[11] Services to and from Gatwick call only at principal stations en route, while those to and from Redhill stop at most intermediate stations in both directions.[11] Service frequency is reduced to hourly or two-hourly during the evenings.[11]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Guildford or
Gomshall or
Dorking West
  Great Western Railway
North Downs Line
  Betchworth
or Reigate

Future proposals[]

In November 2018, a £21 million upgrade of Dorking Deepdene station was proposed by the Dorking Town Forum, who submitted a nomination for funding from Network Rail.[12][13] The proposal includes:

  • relocation of the platforms east of the current site (immediately west of the bridge over the Mole Valley line);
  • construction of two new lifts, to allow step-free access to both platforms, and a pair of new waiting rooms;
  • a direct foot link between Dorking Deepdene and Dorking stations, by means of a new 100-metre (330 ft)-long walkway constructed along the western edge of the Mole Valley line.

References[]

  1. ^ TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain (3rd ed.). Platform 5. 2017. p. 19–20, 112–13, 116–17, 119. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
  2. ^ Dorking Deepdene Archived 24 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
  3. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b c Station facilities for Dorking Deepdene Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
  5. ^ Station facilities for Dorking Archived 6 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
  6. ^ Station facilities for Dorking West Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b James, Leslie (November 1983). A Chronology of the Construction of Britain's Railways 1778–1855. Shepperton: Ian Allan. p. 58. ISBN 0-7110-1277-6. BE/1183.
  8. ^ Jump up to: a b Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 41. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  9. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 41, 77
  10. ^ Butt 1995, pp. 77, 81
  11. ^ Jump up to: a b c Train Times and Timetables Archived 19 June 2021 at the Wayback Machine – Great Western Railway
  12. ^ Access for All, Deepdene station, 2018 November 19th – Dorking Town Forum
  13. ^ Boyd, Alex (21 November 2018). "Huge £21m upgrade proposals for Dorking Deepdene include new platforms and elevated walkway linking stations". Surrey Live. Archived from the original on 8 March 2021. Retrieved 21 July 2021.

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