Dorking Deepdene railway station

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Dorking (Deepdene)
Dorking Deepdene railway station
Location
Place Dorking
Local authority Mole Valley
Operations
Station code DPD
Managed by First Great Western
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Passenger Usage
2004/05 ** 0.156 million
History
February 1851

27 July 1887
1 January 1917
1 January 1919
9 July 1923
5 November 1967
May 1986

11 May 1987
Opened as
Box Hill and Leatherhead Road
Renamed Box Hill
WW1 station closure
Reopened
Renamed Deepdene
Unstaffed
Introduction of semi-fast
services to Gatwick Airport
Renamed Dorking (Deepdene)
National Rail - UK railway stations

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Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dorking (Deepdene) (source)
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Dorking (Deepdene) railway station is in Surrey. The station and all trains serving it are operated by First Great Western. It is 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 is two trains per hour to Reading, two to Redhill and one 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

In peak hours the stopping service calls at all stations in both directions.



[edit] 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

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