Guildford (Surrey) railway station

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Guildford
Location
Place	Guildford
Local authority	Borough of Guildford
Operations
Station code	GLD
Managed by	South West Trains
Platforms in use	8
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	6.542 million
2005/06 *	6.699 million
History
Key dates	Opened 5 May 1845
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Guildford from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Guildford railway station serves the town of Guildford in Surrey, England. It is 30.3 miles (48km) from Waterloo.

It is situated on the Portsmouth Direct Line, and is an interchange station for three other railway lines:

• the North Downs Line northwards towards Reading, and with connection to Aldershot;
• the same line eastwards to Redhill;
• the alternative line to Waterloo via Cobham or Epsom (the New Guildford Line)

The station was opened on 5 May 1845, and substantially rebuilt in 1880. The main station buildings are on the Down side, at the end of the Down side platform is a bay for the New Guildford Line . There are now three islands with seven platform faces plus the bay linked by both a long footbridge and a subway. Platforms 6 and 7 are opposite sides of the same line: these were used for unloading mail and parcels until the mid 1990s. The station was completely rebuilt (except for the platforms) in the late 1980s.

The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway opened its services on 4 July 1849; services to Farnham via Tongham began on 8 October 1849; the Horsham line 2 October 1865 (closing almost one hundred years later on 12 June 1965^[1]); and finally the New Guildford Line on 2 February 1885. On the latter line is the other Guildford station: London Road (Guildford): the line to it describes a curve around the town on an embankment, crossing the River Wey by a high bridge.

The station is served by services operated by First Great Western from Reading to Gatwick Airport and South West Trains from London Waterloo to Portsmouth Harbour, Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham or Epsom and Ascot to Guildford via Aldershot. Occasional CrossCountry trains to Brighton and the North and Southern services on the Sutton and Mole Valley route towards West Croydon & London Bridge also calls.

Contents 1 Services 1.1 South West Trains 1.2 First Great Western 1.3 Southern (peak hours only) 1.4 CrossCountry 2 External links 3 References

[edit] Services

[edit] South West Trains

• 8tph (trains per hour) to London Waterloo, of which:
  • 4tph run via Woking
  • 2tph run via Cobham
  • 2tph run via Epsom
• 2tph fast services to Portsmouth Harbour
• 1tph stopping service to Portsmouth and Southsea
• 1tph stopping service to Haslemere
• 2tph to Ascot

[edit] First Great Western

• 2tph to Reading
• 2tph to Redhill
  • of which 1tph continues to Gatwick Airport

[edit] Southern (peak hours only)

• 1tph to London Victoria via West Croydon
• 1tph to London Bridge via Forest Hill

[edit] CrossCountry

• 3 trains per day to Manchester Piccadilly via Reading

First Great Western Class 165 at Guildford Platform 8

Guildford Station Platforms 4&5 with Class 450 (SWT)

Some of the platforms

Class 206 3R unit, on a North Downs Line service, showing the pre-rebuild station. (June 1979)

[edit] External links

• Photos of Guildford station
• Train times and station information for Guildford (Surrey) railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Worplesdon		South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line Slow services		Farncombe
Woking		South West Trains Portsmouth Direct Line Fast services		Haslemere
London Road (Guildford)		South West Trains New Guildford Line		Terminus
Wanborough		South West Trains Ascot to Guildford line		Terminus
Reading		Cross Country Trains Brighton branch		Redhill
North Camp		First Great Western North Downs Line semi-fast services		Dorking Deepdene
Wanborough		First Great Western North Downs Line stopping services		Shalford
London Road (Guildford)		Southern Mole Valley Line Peak periods only		Terminus
Disused Railways
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region Guildford to Horsham Cranleigh Line		Bramley & Wonersh

[edit] References