Shalford railway station

Shalford railway station serves the village of Shalford, Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. The station is 41 miles 2 chains (66.0 km) from Charing Cross, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a six-coach train. To the west is Shalford Junction, 41 miles 60 chains (67.2 km) from Charing Cross, where the North Downs Line meets the Portsmouth Direct Line 31 miles 42 chains (50.7 km) from Waterloo (via Woking).[1]

Shalford
Location	Shalford, Surrey, Guildford England
Coordinates	51°12′50″N 0°34′01″W
Grid reference	TQ002471
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SFR
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	20 August 1849
Original company	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Passengers
2015/16	0.144 million
2016/17	0.139 million
2017/18	0.129 million
2018/19	0.123 million
2019/20	0.114 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Shalford railway station

History

In 1940, Shalford was a sub-control centre coordinating the evacuation trains dispersing the soldiers brought back from Dunkirk.[2]

On 11 April 1944 two goods trains collided at Shalford Station. One of them consisted of tankers of aviation fuel en route to airfields in Kent. Leaks from the damaged wagons caused a major fire which was eventually brought under control by the Fire Brigade, with assistance of members of the local police and Home Guard volunteers, who used sandbags to contain the spread of the burning fuel. Nearby properties, including a potato and vegetable store, were badly damaged as was the steel road bridge over the railway that was buckled by the heat. Fortunately the local pub, the Queen Victoria, escaped unharmed.[3]

Services

As of May 2016, the typical off-peak service is one train per hour to Reading and one to Redhill. Additional services from Reading terminate at Shalford in peak hours.[4]

Between Guildford and Redhill the stopping service pattern alternates every two hours 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 serves all stations in both directions.

On Sundays, all services are extended to Gatwick Airport, but the service is two-hourly in each direction.

References

1. Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
2. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith. Guildford to Redhill. Middleton Press. ISBN 978 0 906520 63 5.
3. Rose, David (2016). Guildford Pubs. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. pp. 81–81. ISBN 9781445657196.
4. GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

External links

• Train times and station information for Shalford railway station from National Rail