South Western Railway 455 702 departs the station for London Waterloo
Information
Type:
National Rail
(New Guildford Line)
Station code:
CLA
Opened:
1885
Platforms:
2
The station was opened by the London & South Western Railway in 1885 on it's route between Effingham Junction and Guildford. The station originally had a head shunt which was extended and then reduced in size a few years later. The original wooden footbridge was replaced by the current concrete one in 1947 [1]. The station's goods yard was closed in 1963.
The station retains it's original LSWR buildings with canopies. The station is managed by South Western Railway with three trains an hour in each direction.
Under the platform canopy
The footbridge
Station view from the footbridge
Station building
SWR 455 903 arrives with a Guildford bound service
[1] Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith, Branch lines around Effingham Junction (Middleton Press, 1990) Fig. 93
