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Ockley railway station

Railway station in Surrey, England

Summary

Railway station in Surrey, England

Field	Value
name	Ockley
symbol_location	gb
symbol	rail
image	Ockley Railway Station.jpg
borough	Ockley, District of Mole Valley
country	England
grid_name	Grid reference
grid_position
manager	Southern
platforms	2
code	OLY
classification	DfT category F2
opened	1 May 1867
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{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2021/22	passengers= 25,258}}
{{Rail pass box	pass_year	2022/23	passengers= 29,096}}
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footnotes	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ockley railway station serves the villages of Ockley and Capel in Surrey, England and is 1.4 mi east of Ockley village and 0.5 mi west of the village of Capel. The station is 29 mi from London Waterloo station (although London-bound trains run to Victoria). Ockley is managed by Southern which also provide the services.

History

It opened as Ockley & Capel on 1 May 1867 as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway extension to Horsham. Its location, next to Le Steeres of Jayes Park brickworks (closed c 1914) and nearby Phorpres Works (now Clockhouse Works) allowed for substantial brickwork traffic for many years. Milk traffic was also important until the early 1930s when this trade was lost to road transport. Goods traffic declined slowly over the next 30 years ceasing finally in June 1962.

A signal box was provided at the station when it opened and was rebuilt with a 22-lever frame in 1905. The box was closed in 1965 and demolished two years later.

In 2000 the station was Grade II listed.

A great deal of further detail on the history of this station and the entire section of line between Dorking and Horsham can be found in John Harrod's Up The Dorking.

Services

All services at Ockley are operated by Southern using EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

1 tph to via
1 tph to

There is no service on Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:30) or on Sundays.

Facilities

The station has parking for 25 cars (two disabled spaces) in Station Approach, and 6 cycle spaces. There is no taxi rank. There is a payphone in front of the station building, and a ticket machine by the entrance to Platform 2.

Journey times

Journey times are now around 80 minutes to London Victoria, compared to times of between only 51 and 60 minutes as recently as 1992.

References

Sources

References

Yonge, John. (November 2008). "Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL". Trackmaps.
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Harrod, John. "Up The Dorking". Ian Allan Publishing.
{{NRtimes. May 2020. 180
[https://www.southernrailway.com/travel-information/plan-your-journey/station-information/OLY/Ockley Ockley Station information]
GB National Rail Timetable May 1992 Edition, Table 182

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