Clandon railway station

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.

Clandon
Clandon railway station
LocationWest Clandon, Guildford
England
Coordinates51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W
Grid referenceTQ045527
Managed bySouth Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeCLA
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened1885
Passengers
2015/16 0.222 million
2016/17 0.223 million
2017/18 0.206 million
2018/19 0.203 million
2019/20 0.185 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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

South Western Railway operate all off-peak services at the station using Class 455 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[1]

During the peak hours, the station is also served by a number of Southern services between Guildford and London Bridge via Sutton and West Croydon. These services run towards London in the morning peak and towards Guildford in the evening peak and are operated using Class 377 EMUs.[2]

Preceding station National Rail Following station
Horsley   South Western Railway
New Guildford Line
Mole Valley Line		   London Road (Guildford)
  Southern
Sutton & Mole Valley Lines
Peak Hours Only		  

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
  1. Table 152 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  2. Table 182 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  3. "Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman". BBC News. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
  4. "Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys'". BBC News. Retrieved 13 July 2019.


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