London Road (Guildford) railway station

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London Road (Guildford)
National Rail
Guildford (London Rd) Station.jpg
LocationGuildford, Guildford
England
Coordinates51°14′27″N 0°33′55″W / 51.240764°N 0.565277°W / 51.240764; -0.565277Coordinates: 51°14′27″N 0°33′55″W / 51.240764°N 0.565277°W / 51.240764; -0.565277
Grid referenceTQ002500
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeLRD
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Opened1885
Passengers
2016/17Decrease 0.569 million
2017/18Decrease 0.541 million
2018/19Increase 1.022 million
2019/20Decrease 0.946 million
2020/21Decrease 0.203 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around London Road (Guildford) railway station

London Road (Guildford) railway station is situated in the east of Guildford in Surrey, England, lying close to the suburbs of Merrow and Burpham. It is 28 miles 47 chains (46.0 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, although some trains operate via Epsom rather than Cobham.

The parenthesised Guildford is to avoid confusing the station with the similarly named London Road (Brighton). The name was formally changed to London Road, Guildford from London Road in 1923 when operation of the line was taken over from the London and South Western Railway by the Southern Railway, which then ran all the railways in SE England.[1]

Platform layout[]

Platform 1 - Up trains to London Waterloo via Cobham and Epsom, and peak hour trains to London Bridge and London Victoria
Platform 2 - Down trains to Guildford

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Until 2022, Class 456 trains were often attached to Class 455 units to form ten carriage trains, but these were withdrawn on 17th January with the introduction of a new timetable. [2]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]

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.[4]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Clandon   South Western Railway
New Guildford Line
Mole Valley Line 		  Guildford
  Southern
Sutton & Mole Valley Lines
Peak Hours Only 		 

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, formed of a pair of Class 455 electric multiple units, was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. Both the victim and the suspect had boarded the train at London Road. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[5] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[6]

References[]

  1. ^ Wragg, David. SR Handbook 1923-1947.
  2. ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. p. 10-11.
  3. ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  4. ^ Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  5. ^ "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  6. ^ "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

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