London Road (Guildford) railway station

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 28 miles 47 chains (46.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.

London Road (Guildford)
Location
PlaceGuildford
Local authorityGuildford
Coordinates51.240764°N 0.565277°W / 51.240764; -0.565277
Grid referenceTQ002500
Operations
Station codeLRD
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Number of platforms2
DfT categoryD
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 0.562 million
2015/16 0.582 million
2016/17 0.569 million
2017/18 0.541 million
2018/19 1.022 million
History
Key datesOpened 1885 (1885)
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at London Road (Guildford) from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around London Road (Guildford) railway station

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, 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 formally 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 SE England.[1]

Platform layout

Platform 1 - Up trains to London Waterloo via Cobham and Epsom, and peak hour trains to London Bridge and London Victoria
Platform 2 - Down trains to Guildford

Services

South Western Railway

Southern

Services operate in peaktime only.

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Clandon   South Western Railway
Waterloo-Guildford via Cobham
Waterloo-Guildford via Epsom		   Guildford
Clandon   Southern
Peak periods only		   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, 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 the victim 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.[2] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[3]
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References
  1. Wragg, David. SR Handbook 1923-1947.
  2. "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  3. "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
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