Horsley railway station
Horsley | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Guildford |
| Coordinates | 51°16′44″N 0°26′06″W / 51.279°N 0.435°W |
| Managed by | South Western Railway |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Station code | HSY |
| History | |
| Original company | London and South Western Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London and South Western Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 2 February 1885[1] | Opened as Horsley and Ockham and Ripley |
| December 1914 | Renamed Horsley |
Horsley railway station is located in the village of East Horsley in Surrey, England. It is 22 miles 16 chains (35.7 km) down the line from London Waterloo, and also serves the village of West Horsley, as well as the nearby villages of Ockham and Ripley.
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 London (to the northeast) and Guildford (to the southwest) via Cobham, although some trains operate via Epsom rather than Cobham.
History
The railway lines connecting Hampton Court Junction (near Surbiton) and Leatherhead with Guildford via Effingham Junction were proposed in 1880 and authorised to be constructed by the London and South Western Railway. They opened on 2 February 1885.[2] One of the stations between Effingham Junction and Guildford which opened the same day was Horsley and Ockham and Ripley; the name was simplified to Horsley in December 1914, but some timetables showed it as "Horsley for East Horsley, West Horsley, Ockham and Ripley".[3]
Services
- 4 tph to London Waterloo, of which
- 4 tph to Guildford
Southern (Peak Time Only)
- 2 trains per day to London Victoria via Sutton and Norbury. One morning and one evening service both to and from London Victoria.
- 1 train per day to London Bridge via Sutton and Forest Hill. One morning service to and from London Bridge.
On television
Horsley station doubled as Middleton station in the 1990s BBC1 show Pie in the Sky and appeared briefly in the 1984 spy thriller The Jigsaw Man with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier.[citation needed]
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 in Surrey. The train was stopped at Horsley to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. The station was closed and cordoned off by the emergency services as a result, to allow a murder inquiry to take place. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[4] The suspect, Dareren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[5]
References
- ^ Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
- ^ Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 127, 494. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
- ^ "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
External links
- Train times and station information for Horsley railway station from National Rail
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Effingham Junction | South Western Railway Waterloo-Guildford via Cobham Waterloo-Guildford via Epsom |
Clandon | ||
| Effingham Junction | Southern Peak periods only |
Clandon | ||
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