London Road (Guildford) railway station
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London Road (Guildford) railway station is situated in the east of Guildford in Surrey, England, lying close to the suburbs of Merrow and Burpham. It is Script error: No such module "convert". down the line from Template:Stn.
The station is managed by South Western Railway, who also provide all train services.
It is situated on the New Guildford Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham, although some trains operate via Epsom rather than Cobham.
The parenthesised Guildford is to avoid confusing the station with the similarly named London Road (Brighton). The name was previously changed to "London Road, Guildford" from "London Road" in 1923 when operation of the line was taken over from the London and South Western Railway by the Southern Railway, which then ran all the railways in South East England.[1]
Platform layout
Platform 1 - Up trains to London Waterloo via Cobham and Epsom.
Platform 2 - Down trains to Guildford
Services
All services at London Road are operated by South Western Railway using Template:Brc EMUs.[2]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[3]
- 3 tph to Template:Stn (2 of these run via Cobham and 1 runs via Epsom)
- 3 tph to Guildford
Additional services run via Epsom during the peak hours, increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.
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| Clandon | style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | South Western Railway Template:Smalldiv |
style="background:#Template:SWR colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Guildford |
Accidents and incidents
- On 4 January 2019, Lee Pomeroy, a 51-year-old male passenger, was fatally stabbed on board a South Western Railway service from Guildford to London Waterloo, as it was travelling between London Road and Clandon stations. The train, formed of a pair of Class 455 electric multiple units, was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. Both Pomeroy and the suspect had boarded the train at London Road. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[4] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[5]
References
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External links
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- Train times and station information for London Road (Guildford) railway station from National Rail
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- Transport in Guildford
- Railway stations in Surrey
- Former London and South Western Railway stations
- DfT Category D stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1885
- Railway stations served by South Western Railway
- Buildings and structures in Guildford