Dorking Deepdene  | |||||
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 The platforms at Dorking Deepdene, looking west | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Dorking, District of Mole Valley England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°14′20″N 0°19′30″W / 51.239°N 0.325°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ171501 | ||||
| Managed by | Great Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | DPD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category F1 | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | South Eastern Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1851 | 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) | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.441 million | ||||
| Interchange |  0.270 million | ||||
| 2019/20 | 0.407 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.262 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 90,096 | ||||
| Interchange | 82,960 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.237 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.186 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.422 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.218 million | ||||
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Dorking Deepdene railway station is a railway station in the town of Dorking, Surrey, England. Located on the North Downs Line, it lies 29 miles 65 chains (29.81 miles, 47.98 km) from London Victoria (via Redhill).[1] The station is one of three within Dorking, alongside Dorking West (elsewhere on the North Downs line) and Dorking (on the Mole Valley line). The station is within walking distance of Dorking station[2] and interchange on a through ticket is permitted.
Dorking Deepdene is managed by Great Western Railway, which also operates all services through the station.
The station has two platforms, each long enough to accommodate a four-carriage train.[3] It is unstaffed and has no ticket office.[4] Tickets can be bought on trains, at the automatic ticket machine at the entrance to the station,[4] or at the ticket office at nearby Dorking station, which sells tickets for all National Rail services.[5] The station is located on an embankment above street level and the platforms can only be reached by steps;[4] passengers who require step-free access are advised to instead use Dorking West station, approximately 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the west, which is fully wheelchair-accessible.[6]
- ^ TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain (3rd ed.). Platform 5. 2017. pp. 19–20, 112–13, 116–17, 119. ISBN 978-1909431-26-3.
- ^ Dorking Deepdene Archived 24 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b c Station facilities for Dorking Deepdene Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
- ^ Station facilities for Dorking Archived 6 May 2021 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries
- ^ Station facilities for Dorking West Archived 3 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine – National Rail Enquiries