Dorking Deepdene railway station

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General information
Location	District of Mole Valley
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DPD
History
Original company	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1851 (1851-02-01)	Station opened as "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road"
March 1851	Renamed "Box Hill"
1 January 1917	Temporarily closed
1 January 1919	Reopened
9 July 1923	Renamed "Deepdene"
11 May 1987	Renamed "Dorking (Deepdene)"

Dorking Deepdene railway station is in Dorking, Surrey, England.

The station and all trains serving it are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. It is one of three stations in Dorking. The other two are Dorking and Dorking West. The station is within walking distance of Dorking station and interchange on a through ticket is permitted.

There is no ticket office and the station is unstaffed. Tickets can be bought on trains or from the automatic ticket machine at the foot of the westbound platform stairs. The ticket office at Dorking station is open seven days a week and sells tickets for all National Rail services. The station is accessed by steps only and as such there is no disabled access to either platform.

History

The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway (RG&RR) was authorised in 1846 and opened in stages. One of the first parts to open was between Redhill and Dorking, on 4 July 1849; the terminus was the present Dorking West station.

Redhill - Reading train in 1964

A second station in Dorking was opened on 1 February 1851 on the same route, and was originally named "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road"; this was shortened to "Box Hill" in March the same year. The RG&RR was soon absorbed by the South Eastern Railway (SER).

The station at Box Hill was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917, and reopened on 1 January 1919. In the 1923 grouping the SER became part of the new Southern Railway, which on 9 June of that year renamed the station "Deepdene" to avoid confusion with Box Hill & Westhumble station.

On 11 May 1987 British Railways renamed the station "Dorking (Deepdene)".

Services

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour to Reading, and two to Redhill, of which one continues to Gatwick Airport.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
2		Great Western Railway North Downs Line hourly semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport		Reigate
Dorking West		Great Western Railway North Downs Line every two hours		Betchworth
Gomshall		Great Western Railway North Downs Line every two hours		Reigate

Typical journey times

First Great Western Class 166 DMU at Dorking Deepdene

(December 2006 - May 2007 timetable)

Destination	Platform	Frequency per hour	semi-fast minutes	stopping minutes
Betchworth	1	0.5	-	5
Reigate	1	2	8	10
Redhill	1	2	12	15
Gatwick Airport	1	1	24	-
Gomshall	2	0.5	-	8
Shalford	2	1	-	18
2	2	2	17	22
Wokingham	2	2	45	58
Reading	2	2	54	68

Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every hour off-peak:

Hour 1	2	Shalford	Chilworth	Gomshall		Dorking Deepdene		Reigate	Redhill
Hour 2	2	Shalford			Dorking West	Dorking Deepdene	Betchworth	Reigate	Redhill

In peak hours the stopping service calls at all stations in both directions.

External links

• Train times and station information for Dorking Deepdene railway station from National Rail