Horsley railway station

Horsley
Location
Place	East Horsley
Local authority	Guildford
Coordinates	51°16′44″N 0°26′06″W / 51.279°N 0.435°WCoordinates: 51°16′44″N 0°26′06″W / 51.279°N 0.435°W
Grid reference	TQ092545
Operations
Station code	HSY
Managed by	South West Trains
Number of platforms	2
DfT category	D
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.297 million
2005/06	0.289 million
2006/07	0.300 million
2007/08	0.365 million
2008/09	0.380 million
2009/10	0.380 million
2010/11	0.395 million
2011/12	0.406 million
2012/13	0.429 million
2013/14	0.433 million
2014/15	0.436 million
History
Original company	London and South Western Railway
Pre-grouping	London and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
2 February 1885[1]	Opened as Horsley and Ockham and Ripley
December 1914	Renamed Horsley
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Horsley from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Horsley railway station is located in the village of East Horsley in Surrey, England.

The station is managed by South West Trains, who provide the majority of train services; Southern also provide some peak period services. It is situated on the New Guildford Line between London Waterloo (to the northeast) and Guildford (to the southwest) via Cobham, although some trains operate via Epsom rather than Cobham.

History

The railway lines connecting Hampton Court Junction (near Surbiton) and Leatherhead with Guildford via Effingham Junction were proposed in 1880 and authorised to be constructed by the London and South Western Railway. They opened on 2 February 1885.^[2] One of the stations between Effingham Junction and Guildford which opened the same day was Horsley and Ockham and Ripley; the name was simplified to Horsley in December 1914, but some timetables showed it as "Horsley for East Horsley, West Horsley, Ockham and Ripley".^[3]

Services

South West Trains

• 4 tph to London Waterloo, of which
  • 2 tph via Cobham
  • 2 tph via Epsom
• 4 tph to Guildford

Southern (Peak Time Only)

• 2 trains per day to London Victoria via Sutton and Norbury. One morning and one evening service both to and from London Victoria.
• 1 train per day to London Bridge via Sutton and Forest Hill. One morning service to and from London Bridge.

On television

Horsley station doubled as Middleton station in the 1990s BBC1 show Pie in the Sky and appeared briefly in the 1984 spy thriller The Jigsaw Man with Michael Caine and Laurence Olivier.

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark
2. Dendy Marshall, C.F.; Kidner, R.W. (1963) [1937]. History of the Southern Railway (2nd ed.). Shepperton: Ian Allan. pp. 127, 494. ISBN 0-7110-0059-X.
3. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 123. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.

External links

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