Leatherhead railway station

The LBSCR connected to the ELR in 1859 by extending from their existing Epsom terminus, which was renamed "Epsom Town".[4] The junction was at the north end of the ELR's station. The LBSCR did not have access to the platforms of the station which were used exclusively by LSWR services. A year after opening the ELR was acquired by the LSWR, but operated by a Joint Committee of the LSWR and LBSCR.

In 1863 the company was vested jointly in the LSWR and LBSCR by Act of Parliament.^[5] Initially the companies shared the stations at Ashtead and Leatherhead, but maintained separate stations at Epsom.^[6][7]

In 1867 the LBSCR-promoted

The original ELS station continued to be used by the LSWR until 2 February 1885 when a new station located further south and to the south west of the LBSCR station was opened.[7] The new LSWR station was a single storey brick built structure in a neo-classical Italianate style, typical of the company's designs of the 1880s. The LSWR also constructed a 2 road engine shed and turntable at its station's southern end, south of Station Road above the River Mole. It replaced a smaller structure that lay to the north of Kingston Road that served the original ELS station. The original engine shed survived until the 1980s. For many years through the 1970s and 80s it was used as a workshop by Ryebrook Motors.

The LSWR constructed an extension from Leatherhead to join the

Extract from a 1903 Railway Clearing House Junction Diagram showing railways in the vicinity of Leatherhead (current station is marked L.B.&S.C.)

Under the

The LSWR station was closed[7] with all trains using the LBSCR station from 10 July 1927.^[13]) The engine shed and facilities were closed and demolished. The LSWR station's running lines were used for EMU/carriage berthing until the mid 1970s. The station buildings gradually fell into disrepair. The use of the truncated running lines as sidings ceased and the tracks were finally removed in the 1980s. The up station buildings were demolished and offices built on the site and part of the approach road. Part of the covered steps up from road level to down platform level remain in a derelict state (2020).

The LBSCR stationmaster's house, an integral part of the main up side buildings, is now in use as the Archive and Library of The Railway Correspondence & Travel Society.^[14][15]

In the 1930s, it was planned to build a new loop line from

The present station is a Grade II listed building. It was designed by Charles Driver in a Neo-Romanesque style and constructed in red brick with stone and polychrome brick dressings, and red tile roofs. The up side range of buildings include the station master's house with Italianate tower, ticket office and booking hall. The down side buildings include waiting rooms, goods rooms and an extensive screen wall. A passenger subway links the two ranges of buildings.^[16]

Services

Services at Leatherhead are operated by

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[17]

• 2 tph to London Victoria via Sutton
• 2 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
• 3 tph to Dorking of which 1 continues to Horsham
• 1 tph to Guildford

On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Ashtead		Sutton & Mole Valley Lines		Box Hill & Westhumble or Dorking
		Mole Valley Line		Box Hill & Westhumble
				Bookham

Connections

London Buses route 465 and Falcon Buses routes 408 and 479 serve the station.^[18]

Notes

References

1. ^ Dendy Marshall, C. F. (1963). History of The Southern Railway. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Ian Allan. p. 102.
2. ^ Turner, John Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. Vol. 2. Batsford. p. 72.
3. ^ White, H. P. (1982). Southern England. A Regional History of The Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 104.
4. ^ ^{a b} Turner, John Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. Vol. 2. Batsford. p. 73.
5. ^ Turner, John Howard (1978). The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway. Vol. 2. Batsford. p. 242.
6. ^ Dendy Marshall, C. F. (1963). History of The Southern Railway. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Ian Allan. p. 213.
7. ^
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8. ^ Dendy Marshall, C. F. (1963). History of The Southern Railway. Vol. 1 (2nd ed.). Ian Allan. p. 109.
9. ^ 'Parishes: Leatherhead' in A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3, ed. H E Malden (London, 1911), pp. 293-301 accessed 15 November 2015.
10. ^ Historic England. "Railway Viaduct approximately 15 metres west of road bridge over River Mole (Grade II) (1028596)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
11. ^ White, H. P. (1982). Southern England. A Regional History of The Railways of Great Britain. Vol. 2 (4th ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles. p. 127.
12. ^ Mallinson, Howard (2006). Guildford via Cobham. Mallinson. pp. 137, 141.
13. ^ ^{a b} Moody, G.T. (1979). Southern Electric 1909 - 1979. Ian Allan. pp. 26, 27, 42.
14. ^ December 2018 edition of The Railway Observer (pp852-854)
15. ^ Opening times for this facility are quoted in each edition of The Railway Observer.
16. ^ britishlistedbuildings.co.uk Leatherhead Station British Listed Buildings (british listed buildings.co.uk)
17. ^ Table 152, 180 National Rail timetable, December 2021
18. ^ "Leatherhead Area Bus Services" (PDF). Surrey County Council. Retrieved 26 December 2023.

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