Place Oxshott Station code OXS DfT category D Number of platforms 2 | Grid reference TQ141609 Managed by South West Trains 2011/12 0.468 million | |
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Address Oxshott, Leatherhead KT22 0TA, United Kingdom Similar Cobham & Stoke d'Aberno, Claygate railway station, Hinchley Wood railway st, Horsley railway station, Clandon railway station | ||
Oxshott railway station serves the village of Oxshott, in Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South West Trains on the New Guildford Line, and is served by trains from London Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham.
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History
The station opened on 2 February 1885 as Oxshott and Fairmile. At that time the village was as Fairmile remains, less than a village, and did not have any place of worship. The brickfields here facilitated a short third track from them to a point near the station which supplied bricks for many late 19th century and early 20th century homes of London, see Oxshott.
Services
South West Trains operate the services on the line trains every 30 minutes in each direction. Northbound trains to London Waterloo are scheduled to call at the station before stopping at Surbiton then run fast passing the three stations immediately south-west of Wimbledon. The service is stopping after Wimbledon but omits Queenstown Road, forming an inner city block of three suburban-service stops including Clapham Junction. Southbound trains run to Guildford, a junction station, and stop at all five stations on the way.
Oxshott A244 bridge incident, 2010
On 5 November 2010, at approximately 3:30pm, a cement mixer lorry fell off the bridge over the railway 50 m north-east of the station, and landed on carriages of a train accelerating away from the station. No-one was killed. Witnesses stated that the rear of the lorry crashed through the parapet of the bridge and dragged the whole vehicle over the side of the bridge. The eight-carriage train, operated by South West Trains, was working the 1505 Guildford to London Waterloo. The train was formed of two Class 455 electric multiple units. The lorry, loaded with concrete and weighing 24 tonnes, landed on the sixth carriage, severely crushing the end of the roof. Further damage was sustained to the fifth and sixth, seventh and eighth carriages, with the latter being derailed at its trailing bogie, although the train remained upright. British Transport Police reported that six people on board the train sustained minor injuries whilst the driver of the lorry had sustained more serious injuries. This was later revised to two serious and five minor injuries. The Class 455 electric multiple unit involved has since been fully repaired using a rebuilt carriage from a Class 210 diesel multiple unit and returned to service in July 2013.