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
General information
Location	West Clandon, Guildford England
Coordinates	51°15′50″N 0°30′11″W
Grid reference	TQ045527
Managed by	South Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	CLA
Classification	DfT category E
History
Opened	1885
Passengers
2019/20	0.185 million
2020/21	31,444
2021/22	93,054
2022/23	0.119 million
2023/24	0.150 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

All services at Clandon are operated by South Western Railway using Class 455 EMUs.^[1]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:^[2]

• 3 tph to London Waterloo (2 of these run via Cobham and 1 runs via Epsom)
• 3 tph to Guildford

Additional services run via Epsom during the peak hours, increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Horsley		South Western Railway New Guildford Line		London Road (Guildford)

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]