Shalford railway station

Shalford National Rail
Location
Place Shalford, Surrey
Local authority Guildford
Grid reference TQ002471
Operations
Station code SFR
Managed by Great Western Railway
Number of platforms 2
DfT category F2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11 Increase 93,772
2011/12 Increase 100,556
2012/13 Increase 0.114 million
2013/14 Increase 0.126 million
2014/15 Increase 0.136 million
History
Key dates Opened 20 August 1849 (20 August 1849)
Original company Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-grouping South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shalford from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Shalford railway station

Shalford railway station serves the village of Shalford, Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. The station is 41 miles 2 chains (66.0 km) from Charing Cross, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a six-coach train. To the west is Shalford Junction, 41 miles 60 chains (67.2 km) from Charing Cross, where the North Downs Line meets the Portsmouth Direct Line 31 miles 42 chains (50.7 km) from Waterloo (via Woking).[1]

Services

As of May 2016, the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to Reading and one to Redhill. Additional services from Reading terminate at Shalford in peak hours.[2]

Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every two hours 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 serves all stations in both directions.

On Sundays, all services are extended to Gatwick Airport, but the service is two-hourly in each direction.

References

  1. ↑ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald, ed. Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  2. ↑ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

Coordinates: 51°12′50″N 0°34′01″W / 51.214°N 0.567°W / 51.214; -0.567

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Guildford   Great Western Railway
North Downs Line
every two hours		   Chilworth
Guildford   Great Western Railway
North Downs Line
every two hours		   Dorking West
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