Oxshott railway station serves the village of Oxshott, in Surrey, England. It is 16 miles 79 chains (27.3 km) down the line from London Waterloo. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by South Western Railway.
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Oxshott, Elmbridge England | ||||
| Coordinates | 51°20′10″N 0°21′43″W / 51.336°N 0.362°W | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ141609 | ||||
| Managed by | South Western Railway | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
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| Station code | OXS | ||||
| Classification | DfT category D | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 1885 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2018/19 |  0.495 million | ||||
| 2019/20 |  0.453 million | ||||
| 2020/21 | 88,364 | ||||
| 2021/22 | 0.274 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 0.345 million | ||||
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The station is on the New Guildford Line, and is served by trains from Waterloo to Guildford via Cobham.
History
editThe station opened on 2 February 1885 as Oxshott and Fairmile.[1] At that time the village was, as Fairmile remains, just a hamlet without place of worship. The brickfields here were served by a short siding from the station. These supplied bricks for many London buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]
Incidents
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On 5 November 2010, at about 3:30 pm, a concrete mixer lorry fell off the bridge over the railway 50 metres north-east of the station, and landed on carriages of a train accelerating away from the station.[3] No-one was killed. Witnesses stated that the rear of the lorry crashed through the parapet of the bridge and dragged the whole vehicle over the side of the bridge.[4] The eight-carriage train, operated by South West Trains, was working the 15:05 Guildford to London Waterloo.[3] The train was formed of two Class 455 electric multiple units. The lorry, loaded with concrete and weighing 24 tonnes, landed on the sixth carriage, severely crushing the end of the roof.[5] Further damage was sustained by the fifth, seventh and eighth carriages, with the last of these being derailed at its trailing bogie, although the train remained upright.[5] British Transport Police reported that six people on board the train sustained minor injuries, whilst the driver of the lorry had sustained more serious injuries.[3] This was later revised to two serious and five minor injuries.[5] The Class 455 electric multiple unit involved has since been fully repaired using a rebuilt carriage from a Class 210 diesel multiple unit and returned to service in July 2013.[citation needed]
Services
editAll services at Oxshott are operated by South Western Railway using Class 455 EMUs.[6]
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]
- 2 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
- 2 tph to Guildford
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.
| Preceding station |  National Rail
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Following station | ||
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| Claygate | South Western Railway |
Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon | ||
References
edit- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 179. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
- ^ a b c "Several injured as lorry falls on to a train". BBC News. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
- ^ Clinnick, Richard. "Lorry lands on train after plunging through bridge". Rail (657, 17–30 November 2010): 6–7.
- ^ a b c "Bridge strike and road vehicle incursion onto the roof of a passing train near Oxshott station" (PDF). Rail Accident Investigation Branch. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
- ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. pp. 10–11.
- ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2021
External links
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- Train times and station information for Oxshott railway station from National Rail