Dorking Deepdene railway station
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Dorking (Deepdene) | |
 |
|
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Place | Dorking |
| Local authority | Mole Valley |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DPD |
| Managed by | First Great Western |
| Platforms in use | 2 |
| History | |
| Feb 1851 27th July 1887 1st Jan 1917 1st Jan 1919 9th July 1923 5th Nov 1967 May 1986 11th May 1987 |
Opened as "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road" Renamed "Box Hill" WW1 station closure Station reopened Renamed "Deepdene" Became unmanned station Introduction of semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport Renamed "Dorking (Deepdene)" |
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |
Dorking (Deepdene) railway station serves the town of Dorking, Surrey. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by First Great Western. It is situated on the North Downs Line. It is one of three stations in Dorking, the other two being 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 purchased on the train. The ticket office at Dorking station is open seven days per week and sells tickets for all national rail train services.
[edit] Services
The typical off-peak service (from December 2006) is 2 tph to Reading, 2tph to Redhill and 1tph to Gatwick Airport.
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildford | First Great Western North Downs Line hourly semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport |
Reigate | ||
| Dorking West | First Great Western North Downs Line every two hours |
Betchworth | ||
| Gomshall | First Great Western North Downs Line every two hours |
Reigate | ||
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 |
During peak hours the stopping service calls at all stations in both directions.
[edit] Typical Journey Times
(December 2006 - May 2007 timetable)
| Destination | Platform | Frequency | semi-fast services | stopping services |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betchworth | 1 | 0.5 tph | 5 minutes | |
| Reigate | 1 | 2 tph | 8 minutes | 10 minutes |
| Redhill | 1 | 2 tph | 12 minutes | 15 minutes |
| GATWICK AIRPORT | 1 | 1 tph | 24 minutes | |
| Gomshall | 2 | 0.5 tph | 8 minutes | |
| Shalford | 2 | 1 tph | 18 minutes | |
| Guildford | 2 | 2 tph | 17 minutes | 22 minutes |
| Wokingham | 2 | 2 tph | 45 minutes | 58 minutes |
| READING | 2 | 2 tph | 54 minutes | 1 hour 8 minutes |
[edit] External links
- Train times and station information for Dorking Deepdene railway station from National Rail
- Street map and aerial photo of Dorking Deepdene railway station from Multimap.com
 This article on a railway station in South East England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
