Английская Википедия:Dorking Deepdene railway station

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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 Шаблон:Miles-chains from Шаблон:Stn (via Шаблон:Rws). The station is one of three within Dorking, alongside Шаблон:Rws (elsewhere on the North Downs line) and Шаблон:Rws (on the Mole Valley line). The station is within walking distance of Dorking station 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. It is unstaffed and has no ticket office. Tickets can be bought on trains, at the automatic ticket machine at the entrance to the station, or at the ticket office at nearby Dorking station, which sells tickets for all National Rail services. The station is located on an embankment above street level and the platforms can only be reached by steps; passengers who require step-free access are advised to instead use Dorking West station, approximately Шаблон:Convert to the west, which is fully wheelchair-accessible.

History

The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway (RG&RR) was authorised in 1846 and opened in stages. One of the first parts to open was between Шаблон:Rws and Dorking, on 4 July 1849; the terminus was at the present-day Dorking West station.

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Redhill - Reading train in 1964

A second station in Dorking (what is now Dorking Deepdene) was not built until 1 February 1851; when it opened, it was originally named "Box Hill and Leatherhead Road" and it was shortened to "Box Hill" in March the same year. The RG&RR was soon absorbed by the South Eastern Railway (SER).

The station at Box Hill was temporarily closed from 1 January 1917, and reopened on 1 January 1919. In the 1923 grouping the SER became part of the new Southern Railway, which on 9 June of that year renamed the station "Deepdene" to avoid confusion with Шаблон:Rws station. On 11 May 1987 British Railways renamed the station "Dorking (Deepdene)".

Services

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165114 arriving at Dorking Deepdene with a GWR service from Шаблон:Rws to Шаблон:Rws

All services at Dorking Deepdene are operated by Great Western Railway using Шаблон:Brc and Шаблон:Brc DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is two trains per hour in each direction between Шаблон:Stnlnk via Шаблон:Stnlnk and Шаблон:Stnlnk. During the late evenings, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

On Sundays, only one eastbound train per hour runs to Gatwick Airport, with one train per hour running only as far as Шаблон:Stnlnk.

Future proposals

In November 2018, a £21 million upgrade of Dorking Deepdene station was proposed by the Dorking Town Forum, who submitted a nomination for funding from Network Rail. The proposal includes:

• relocation of the platforms east of the current site (immediately west of the bridge over the Mole Valley line);
• construction of two new lifts, to allow step-free access to both platforms, and a pair of new waiting rooms;
• a direct foot link between Dorking Deepdene and Шаблон:Rws stations, by means of a new Шаблон:Convert-long walkway constructed along the western edge of the Mole Valley line.