Reigate railway station

Reigate railway station is in Surrey, England. On the North Downs Line, the station is managed by Southern, which serves the station during peak times only, First Great Western providing the majority of services.

Between Reigate and Redhill the North Downs Line has third rail electrification.

The ticket office is open Monday to Fridays from 06.00 to 13.20 On Saturdays it opens at 07.00 to 13.40 The ticket office is closed Sundays and Bank Holidays.

First time users are often confused how to get between platforms when the ticket office is shut. There is a sign-posted but often overlooked underpass approximately 4 metres down from the ticket office (just out of camera shot in the picture opposite)over to Platform 2. On Sundays the ticket office is shut, so access to Platform 1 is via a gate set into the fence approximately 5 metres down from the subway.

This gate is kept locked when the ticket office is open. There is a ticket issuing machine outside the booking office (Turned on 24/7). There is also a Permit to travel machine on platform 2 (turned off when the ticket office is open).

Trains West bound to Dorking,Guildford and stations to Reading always leave from platform 2. East bound First Great Western services from Reading to Redhill and Gatwick Airport always leave from platform 1. Monday to Friday Southern peak hour services to Redhill and London termini leave from platform 2. These services are list at the booking office.

[edit] Services

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to Reading, two to Redhill and one to Gatwick Airport.

Southern operates services to/from London Bridge and London Victoria during Monday to Friday peak periods.

Preceding station		Following station
Dorking Deepdene	First Great Western North Downs Line semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport	Redhill
Betchworth	First Great Western North Downs Line every two hours	Redhill
-	Southern Peak periods only	Redhill

Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every two hours off-peak, giving Reigate one stopping service to Redhill and one semi-fast service to Gatwick Airport each hour.

Hour 1	Guildford	Shalford	Chilworth	Gomshall		Dorking (Deepdene)		Reigate	Redhill
Hour 2	Guildford	Shalford			Dorking West	Dorking (Deepdene)	Betchworth	Reigate	Redhill