Guildford in Surrey is a junction of the London Waterloo-Portsmouth Direct Line, the North Downs Line (between Reading and Redhill) and the New Guildford Line to London Waterloo via Epson.
A SWR 455 arrives at Guildford, the main building is behind the unit
Information
Type:
National Rail (Portsmouth Direct,
North Down & New Guildford Lines)
Station code:
GLD
Opened:
1845
Platforms:
8 (7 in use)
The station was opened in 1845 by the London & South Western Railway. Southern Railway electrified the line to Guildford in 1925 [1] (though it had been part of LSWR plans before grouping). The station was enlarged and rebuilt in 1880 with another rebuilding by British Rail in 1980.
The station has eight platforms though Platform 7 is not in use. Access between the platforms is either via a footbridge or a subway. Guildford is a busy station used by over eight million passengers a year. Most services are by South Western Railway with Great Western Railway, Southern and Cross Country also calling at the station.
SWT 450 088 stands at the station under the footbridge
Platform canopies
Station sign still showing now defunct Redstar parcel service logo
SWR 450 038 stands on platform 6, behind is the disused platform 7
[1] David Brown, Southern Electric Vol 1 (Capital Transport, 2010) p. 42
