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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 down the line from .

The station is managed by South Western Railway, who also provide all train services.

It is situated both on the New Guildford Line and the Mole Valley Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham and Epsom respectivaly.

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.

Platform layout

Platform 1 - Up trains to London Waterloo via Cobham and .<br />Platform 2 - Down trains to Guildford

(There is a footbridge, without a lift, connecting the two platforms together. There are two entrances, one off London Road and one off York Road which is step-free)

Facilities

London Road has two waiting rooms (one on each platform) ,

One ticket office:

  • Monday to Friday: 06:30 - 13:00
  • Saturday: 09:00 - 14:00
  • Sunday: Unavailable

One toilet, along with a few SWR Smart Card readers, and two ticket machines.

There is also a carpark with bicycle storage.

Services

All services at London Road are operated by South Western Railway using a mix of Class 450, and Class 701 EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

  • 3 tph to (2 of these run via Cobham and 1 runs via )
  • 3 tph to

Additional services run via Cobham in the morning peak hours increasing the number of scervices to 3 tph via Cobham.

Additional services run via Epsom in peak hours increasing the number of scervices to 2 tph via Epsom.

On Sundays and bank-holidays, there is a reduced scervice from the station.

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 the former 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. The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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