Clandon railway station explained

Clandon
Symbol Location:	gb
Symbol:	rail
Borough:	West Clandon, Guildford
Country:	England
Coordinates:	51.264°N -0.503°W
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Manager:	South Western Railway
Platforms:	2
Code:	CLA
Classification:	DfT category E
Opened:	1885
Footnotes:	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Clandon railway station is located in the village of West Clandon in Surrey, England. It is 25chain26chain down the line from .

The station is managed by South Western Railway, who provide the majority of train services; Southern also provide some peak period services.

It is situated on the New Guildford Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham or Epsom.

Services

All services at Clandon are operated by South Western Railway using EMUs.^[1]

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

• 3 tph to (2 of these run via Cobham and 1 runs via)
• 3 tph to

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, 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 was stopped at the next station along the line, Horsley, to allow emergency services to deal with the incident. The suspect in the stabbing exited the train at Clandon and was arrested the following day.^[2] The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.^[3]

Notes and References

1. SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts . . 949 . 26 January 2022 . 10–11.
2. News: Surrey train stabbing: Suspect arrested along with a woman . BBC News . 5 January 2019 . 27 January 2019.
3. News: Darren Pencille: Train killer 'would panic during rail journeys' . BBC News . 12 July 2019 . 13 July 2019.