Shalford railway station

Railway station in Surrey, England

51°12′50″N 0°34′01″W / 51.214°N 0.567°W / 51.214; -0.567Grid referenceTQ002471Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeSFRClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOpened20 August 1849Original companyReading, Guildford and Reigate RailwayPre-groupingSouth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayPassengers2018/19Decrease 0.123 million2019/20Decrease 0.114 million2020/21Decrease 19,3302021/22Increase 54,4502022/23Increase 75,132 Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Shalford railway station

Shalford railway station serves the village of Shalford, Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. The station is 41 miles 2 chains (66.0 km) from Charing Cross, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a six-coach train. To the west is Shalford Junction, 41 miles 60 chains (67.2 km) from Charing Cross, where the North Downs Line meets the Portsmouth Direct Line 31 miles 42 chains (50.7 km) from Waterloo (via Woking).[1]

History

In 1940, Shalford was a sub-control centre coordinating the evacuation trains dispersing the soldiers brought back from Dunkirk.[2]

On 11 April 1944 two goods trains collided at Shalford Station. One of them consisted of tankers of aviation fuel en route to airfields in Kent. Leaks from the damaged wagons caused a major fire which was eventually brought under control by the fire brigade, with assistance of members of the local police and Home Guard volunteers, who used sandbags to contain the spread of the burning fuel. Nearby properties, including a potato and vegetable store, were badly damaged as was the steel road bridge over the railway that was buckled by the heat. The local pub, the Queen Victoria, escaped unharmed.[3]

Services

All services at Shalford are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Reading via Guildford and Gatwick Airport. During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.[4]

On Sundays, eastbound services at the station run only as far as Redhill.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Western Railway

References

  1. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  2. ^ Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith. Guildford to Redhill. Middleton Press. ISBN 978 0 906520 63 5.
  3. ^ Rose, David (2016). Guildford Pubs. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. pp. 81–81. ISBN 9781445657196.
  4. ^ Table 148 National Rail timetable, December 2023

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