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Stoneleigh railway station is in the Epsom and Ewell district of Surrey, England. The station is served by South Western Railway and is currently in Travelcard Zone 5 (because of its proximity to the Greater London boundary); it is the only National Rail station in zone 5 not to be located in a London borough.
It is 12 miles 78 chains (20.9 km) down the line from London Waterloo. From 1905 to 1950 there was a connection to the Horton Light Railway which had been built to transport building materials to the cluster of hospitals in the Horton Lane area. Ewell West has been in Travelcard Zone 6 since 2007.
The South West Main Line [1] (SWML) is a 143-mile (230 km) major railway line between Waterloo station in central London and Weymouth on the south coast of England. A predominantly passenger line, it serves many commuter areas including south western suburbs of London and the conurbations based on Southampton and Bournemouth.
South Western Railway operates services between London Waterloo and Leatherhead via Raynes Park and Epsom. Half continue along the main line to Dorking, others run to Guildford via Bookham and Effingham Junction. Thameslink operates services from Tulse Hill to Sutton as part of the Thameslink route to London Blackfriars and Luton using Class ...
The Waterloo & City line, colloquially known as The Drain, [4] is a shuttle line of the London Underground that runs between Waterloo and Bank with no intermediate stops. Its primary traffic consists of commuters from south-west London, Surrey and Hampshire arriving at Waterloo main line station and travelling forward to the City of London financial district.
Passenger services run between London Waterloo station and Exeter; the line intersects with the Wessex Main Line at Salisbury. Despite its historic title, it is not today's principal route from London to the West of England: Exeter and everywhere further west are reached more quickly from London Paddington via the Reading–Taunton line.
The Ascot to Guildford Line, which is only served by through trains at peak times; these services run between London and Aldershot. A total of 12 trains per hour run between London Waterloo and Putney in the off-peak; this number increases in peak hours. [40]
Bookham railway station was opened on 2 February 1885; the line at the time was owned by the London and South Western Railway. [1] [2]Initially the London and South Western Railway wanted to build the line into the centre of Great Bookham village itself, but as often happened in those early days of rail expansion from London, the key landowners (and villagers) were strongly opposed to that ...