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Guildford railway station
Railway station in Surrey, England / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Guildford railway station is at one of three main railway junctions on the Portsmouth Direct Line and serves the town of Guildford in Surrey, England. It is 30 miles 27 chains (30.34 mi; 48.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.[1]
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Location | Guildford, Borough of Guildford England | ||||
Grid reference | SU991496 | ||||
Managed by | Network Rail | ||||
Platforms | 8 (7 In Use) | ||||
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Station code | GLD | ||||
Classification | DfT category B | ||||
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Opened | 5 May 1845 | ||||
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It provides an interchange station for two other railway lines: the North Downs Line northwards towards Reading, which has a connection to Aldershot; the same line eastwards to Redhill; and the New Guildford Line, the alternative route to London Waterloo, via Cobham or Epsom.
Guildford station is the larger, more frequently and more diversely served of the two stations in Guildford town centre, the other being London Road (Guildford) on the New Guildford Line.