Clandon railway station

Railway station in Surrey, England

51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W / 51.264°N 0.503°W / 51.264; -0.503Grid referenceTQ045527Managed bySouth Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeCLAClassificationDfT category EHistoryOpened1885Passengers2018/19Decrease 0.203 million2019/20Decrease 0.185 million2020/21Decrease 31,4442021/22Increase 93,0542022/23Increase 0.119 million Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Clandon railway station is located in the village of West Clandon in Surrey, England. It is 25 miles 26 chains (40.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

The station is managed by South Western Railway, who provide the majority of train services; Southern also provide some peak period services.

It is situated on the New Guildford Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham or Epsom.

Services

All services at Clandon are operated by South Western Railway using Class 455 EMUs.[1]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[2]

  • 3 tph to London Waterloo (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.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Horsley   South Western Railway
New Guildford Line
  London Road (Guildford)

Accidents and incidents

  • On 4 January 2019, 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 was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[3] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[4]

References

  1. ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. pp. 10–11.
  2. ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2021
  3. ^ "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. ^ "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.

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