Ockley railway station
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Ockley railway station serves the villages of Ockley and Capel in Surrey, England and is Script error: No such module "convert". east of Ockley village and Script error: No such module "convert". west of the village of Capel. The station is Script error: No such module "convert". from London Waterloo station (although London-bound trains run to Victoria).[1] Ockley is managed by Southern which also provide the services.
History
It opened as Ockley & Capel on 1 May 1867 as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway extension to Horsham.Template:Sfn Its location, next to Le Steeres of Jayes Park brickworks (closed c 1914) and nearby Phorpres Works (now Clockhouse Works) allowed for substantial brickwork traffic for many years.Template:Sfn Milk traffic was also important until the early 1930s when this trade was lost to road transport.Template:Sfn Goods traffic declined slowly over the next 30 years ceasing finally in June 1962.Template:Sfn
A signal box was provided at the station when it opened and was rebuilt with a 22-lever frame in 1905. The box was closed in 1965 and demolished two years later.Template:Sfn
In 2000 the station was Grade II listed.[2]
A great deal of further detail on the history of this station and the entire section of line between Dorking and Horsham can be found in John Harrod's Up The Dorking.[3]
Services
All services at Ockley are operated by Southern using Template:Brc EMUs.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[4]
- 1 tph to Template:Stn via Sutton
- 1 tph to Horsham
There is no service on Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:30) or on Sundays.
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Facilities
The station has parking for 25 cars (two disabled spaces) in Station Approach, and 6 cycle spaces. There is no taxi rank. There is a payphone in front of the station building, and a ticket machine by the entrance to Platform 2.[5]
Journey times
Journey times are now around 80 minutes to London Victoria, compared to times of between only 51 and 60 minutes as recently as 1992.[6]
References
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- ↑ GB National Rail Timetable May 1992 Edition, Table 182
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Sources
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External links
- Train times and station information for Ockley railway station from National Rail
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- Railway stations in Surrey
- Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
- DfT Category F2 stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867
- Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway