Place Dorking Station code DPD DfT category F1 Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ171501 Managed by Great Western Railway 2011/12 0.338 million | |
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Address Dorking RH4 1SZ, United Kingdom Original companies Reading railway station, Guildford (Surrey) railway station, Reigate railway station Similar Dorking railway station, Dorking West railway st, Reigate railway station, Guildford (Surrey) railway st, Redhill railway station | ||
Dorking Deepdene railway station is in Dorking, Surrey, England.
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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; 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. The RG&RR was soon absorbed by the South Eastern Railway (SER).
The station at Box Hill was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917, and reopened on 1 January 1919. 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.
On 11 May 1987 British Railways renamed the station "Dorking (Deepdene)". The station is 29 miles 65 chains (48.0 km) from Charing Cross, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a four-coach train.
Services
The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to Reading, and two to Redhill, of which one continues to Gatwick Airport. One of the two is a semi-fast working and calls at principal stations only (the through working to Gatwick), whilst the other stops at most intermediate stations. On Sundays, an hourly service operates each way to Reading & Gatwick Airport. Trains are generally formed of 3 coaches.
Typical journey times
(December 2006 - May 2007 timetable)
Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every hour off-peak:
In peak hours the stopping service calls at all stations in both directions.