A 1912 Railway Clearing House map of lines around London Road (Guildford) railway station
London Road (Guildford) railway station is situated in the east of Guildford in Surrey, England, lying close to the suburbs of Merrow and Burpham. It is 28 miles 47 chains (46.0 km) down the line from London Waterloo.
The station is managed by South Western Railway, who also provide all train services.
The parenthesised Guildford is to avoid confusing the station with the similarly named London Road (Brighton). The name was previously changed to "London Road, Guildford" from "London Road" in 1923 when operation of the line was taken over from the London and South Western Railway by the Southern Railway, which then ran all the railways in South East England.[1]
Additional services run via Epsom during the peak hours, increasing the service to 4 tph in each direction.
Accidents and incidents
On 4 January 2019, Lee Pomeroy, a 51-year-old male passenger, was fatally stabbed on board a South Western Railway service from Guildford to London Waterloo, as it was travelling between London Road and Clandon stations. The train, formed of a pair of Class 455 electric multiple units, was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. Both Pomeroy and the suspect had boarded the train at London Road. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.[4] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.[5]
References
^Wragg, David. SR Handbook 1923-1947.
^"SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. pp. 10–11.
