Reigate is a stop on the North Downs Line in Surrey between Betchworth and Redhill.
GWR 165 108 at Reigate
Information
Type:
National Rail
(North Downs Line)
Station code:
REI
Opened:
1849
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the Reading, Guildford & Reigate Railway in 1849 as Reigate Town [1]. It was renamed to just Reigate in 1898. The original station building remains in use though the platforms and canopies were extended in 1907. Third rail electrification reached the station from Redhill in 1933 though went no further (thus Southern electric multiple units terminate here).
The station is managed by Southern with up to two trains an hour to London Victoria. GWR also operate two trains an hour in each direction between Reading and either Redhill or Gatwick Airport. Access between the platforms is via a subway.
A GWR service prepares to depart
Main station building and canopy
Down the platform, a level crossing and footbridge can be seen
Southern 377 316 prepares to head off
Under the canopy
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Guildford to Redhill (Middleton Press, 1989) Fig. 97
