Dorking Deepdene railway station
Dorking Deepdene  | |
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| Location | |
| Place | Dorking |
| Local authority | District of Mole Valley |
| Coordinates | 51°14′20″N 0°19′30″W / 51.239°N 0.325°WCoordinates: 51°14′20″N 0°19′30″W / 51.239°N 0.325°W |
| Grid reference | TQ171501 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DPD |
| Managed by | Great Western Railway |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F1 |
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Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries | |
| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2007/08 |
 0.495 million |
| 2008/09 |
0.443 million |
| 2009/10 |
0.409 million |
| 2010/11 |
0.382 million |
| 2011/12 |
0.338 million |
| - Interchange | 0.162 million |
| 2012/13 |
 0.455 million |
| - Interchange |
0.182 million |
| 2013/14 |
0.464 million |
| - Interchange |
0.190 million |
| 2014/15 |
0.444 million |
| History | |
| Original company | Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway |
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 1 February 1851 | Station opened as "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road" |
| March 1851 | Renamed "Box Hill" |
| 1 January 1917 | Temporarily closed |
| 1 January 1919 | Reopened |
| 9 July 1923 | Renamed "Deepdene" |
| 11 May 1987 | Renamed "Dorking (Deepdene)" |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dorking Deepdene from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
| UK Railways portal | |
Dorking Deepdene railway station is in Dorking, Surrey, England.
The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. It is one of three stations in Dorking. The other two are Dorking and Dorking West. The station is within walking distance of Dorking station and interchange on a through ticket is permitted.
There is no ticket office and the station is unstaffed. Tickets can be bought on trains or from the automatic ticket machine at the foot of the westbound platform stairs. The ticket office at Dorking station is open seven days a week and sells tickets for all National Rail services. The station is accessed by steps only and as such there is no disabled access to either platform.
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;[1] the terminus was the present Dorking West station.
A second station in Dorking was opened on 1 February 1851 on the same route, and was originally named "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road"; this was shortened to "Box Hill" in March the same year.[2] The RG&RR was soon absorbed by the South Eastern Railway (SER).[1]
The station at Box Hill was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917, and reopened on 1 January 1919.[2] 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.[3]
On 11 May 1987 British Railways renamed the station "Dorking (Deepdene)".[4]
Services
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to Reading, and two to Redhill, of which one continues to Gatwick Airport.
| Preceding station | National Rail |
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | Great Western Railway North Downs Line hourly semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport |
Reigate | ||
| Dorking West | Great Western Railway North Downs Line every two hours |
Betchworth | ||
| Gomshall | Great Western Railway North Downs Line every two hours |
Reigate | ||
Typical journey times
(December 2006 - May 2007 timetable)
| Destination | Platform | Frequency per hour |
semi-fast minutes |
stopping minutes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betchworth | 1 | 0.5 | - | 5 |
| Reigate | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Redhill | 1 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
| Gatwick Airport | 1 | 1 | 24 | - |
| Gomshall | 2 | 0.5 | - | 8 |
| Shalford | 2 | 1 | - | 18 |
| Guildford | 2 | 2 | 17 | 22 |
| Wokingham | 2 | 2 | 45 | 58 |
| Reading | 2 | 2 | 54 | 68 |
Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every hour off-peak:
| Hour 1 | Guildford | Shalford | Chilworth | Gomshall | Dorking Deepdene | Reigate | Redhill | ||
| Hour 2 | Guildford | Shalford | Dorking West | Dorking Deepdene | Betchworth | Reigate | Redhill |
In peak hours the stopping service calls at all stations in both directions.
References
- 1 2 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.
- 1 2 Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 41. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ↑ Butt 1995, pp. 41, 77
- ↑ Butt 1995, pp. 77, 81
External links
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- Train times and station information for Dorking Deepdene railway station from National Rail
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