Clandon  | |
|---|---|
 Clandon railway station | |
| General information | |
| Location |
West Clandon,
Guildford England |
| Coordinates | 51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W / 51.264°N 0.503°W |
| Grid reference | TQ045527 |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | CLA |
| Classification | DfT category E |
| History | |
| Opened | 1885 |
| Passengers | |
| 2018/19 |  0.203 million |
| 2019/20 | 0.185 million |
| 2020/21 | 31,444 |
| 2021/22 |  93,054 |
| 2022/23 | 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
|
Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Horsley |
South Western Railway |
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
- ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2021
- ^ "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. 5 January 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. 12 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
External links
- Train times and station information for Clandon railway station from National Rail
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