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Dorking West railway station

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Dorking West
National Rail
General information
LocationDorking, Mole Valley
England
Grid referenceTQ159498
ManagerGreat Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeDKT[1]
ClassificationDfT category F1
History
Original company
Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-groupingSouth Eastern Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
4 July 1849opened as Dorking
1923renamed Dorking Town
1987renamed Dorking West
Passengers
2020/21Decrease 12,648
 Interchange Decrease 100
2021/22Increase 33,278
 Interchange Increase 205
2022/23Increase 33,452
 Interchange Increase 249
2023/24Increase 36,782
 Interchange Decrease 115
2024/25Increase 40,162
Location
Map
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dorking West railway station is in Dorking, Surrey, England. It is 30 miles 42 chains (30.53 miles, 49.13 km) from London Charing Cross, via Redhill,[2] and is one of three stations serving the town, the others being Dorking and Dorking Deepdene.[3] Dorking West is on the North Downs Line between Dorking Deepdene and Gomshall. The station is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all trains serving it.

History

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The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway opened the station on 4 July 1849 as Dorking.[4] From the outset it was leased and worked by the South Eastern Railway, which absorbed the RG&RR in 1852.[5]

In 1867 the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway opened a line from Leatherhead to Dorking, with its own Dorking railway station. The new Southern Railway renamed both stations in 1923, with the original Dorking station becoming Dorking Town.[4] In 1987, Network SouthEast renamed it to the current Dorking West.[4]

Facilities

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The station has two platforms, which can each accommodate a five-coach train.[6] It is unstaffed.[3] The station has help points, live departure screens and cycle storage.[7]

Passenger volume

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Although it is the least used of the three Dorking stations (as low as 16 passengers/year in 2011–12), the official rail passenger usage data is misleading because most tickets are issued to/from "Dorking Stations", rather than Dorking West specifically.[8] The figures for that year were widely rejected by local residents; First Great Western, then-operator of services at the station, blamed an anomaly on the ticket recording system.[9]

Passenger volume at Dorking West[10]
2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
Entries and exits 29 40 79 52 104 1,810 22 16 55,774 56,948 62,308 58,877 55,995 62,071 61,928 57,066 12,648 33,278 33,452 36,782 40,162
Interchanges 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,639 1,070 744 482 479 364 100 205 249 115 0

The statistics cover twelve month periods that start in April.

Services

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Two Great Western Railway services pass the station in 2026

All services at Dorking West are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Reading via Guildford and Gatwick Airport. During the peak hours, the service is increased to one train per hour in each direction.[11]

On Sundays, eastbound services at the station run only as far as Redhill.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Great Western Railway

References

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  1. ↑ "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  2. ↑ Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (2024). Railway Track Diagrams; 5: Southern & TfL (5th ed.). Frome: TRACKmaps. p. 26. ISBN 978 1999627171.
  3. 1 2 "Why does Dorking have so many railway stations?". www.getsurrey.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 Quick 2023, p. 165.
  5. ↑ White 1961, p. 127.
  6. ↑ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24B. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  7. ↑ "Dorking West Station | National Rail". www.nationalrail.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  8. ↑ Roberts, Stephen (January–February 2022). "Top of the stops: our least used stations". Rail (magazine). No. 949. pp. 56–61.
  9. ↑ "Dorking West station usage figures 'an anomaly'". www.getsurrey.co.uk. Retrieved 14 August 2026.
  10. ↑ "Estimates of station usage | ORR Data Portal". dataportal.orr.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 June 2026.
  11. ↑ Table 148 National Rail timetable, December 2023

Bibliography

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