Oxshott railway station

Coordinates: 51°20′10″N 0°21′43″W / 51.336°N 0.362°W / 51.336; -0.362
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Oxshott
South Western Railway
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeOXS
ClassificationDfT category D
History
Opened1885
Passengers
2018/19Increase 0.495 million
2019/20Decrease 0.453 million
2020/21Decrease 88,364
2021/22Increase 0.274 million
2022/23Increase 0.345 million
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Oxshott railway station serves the village of

South Western Railway
.

The station is on the

Cobham
.

History

The station opened on 2 February 1885 as Oxshott and Fairmile.[1] At that time the village was, as Fairmile remains, just a hamlet without place of worship. The brickfields here were served by a short siding from the station. These supplied bricks for many London buildings in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.[2]

Incidents

A244 road bridge, from which the lorry fell, viewed from the station platform, looking towards Claygate
.
The damage done to the bridge in the incident.

On 5 November 2010, at about 3:30 pm, a

Guildford to London Waterloo.[3] The train was formed of two Class 455 electric multiple units. The lorry, loaded with concrete and weighing 24 tonnes, landed on the sixth carriage, severely crushing the end of the roof.[5] Further damage was sustained by the fifth, seventh and eighth carriages, with the last of these being derailed at its trailing bogie, although the train remained upright.[5] British Transport Police reported that six people on board the train sustained minor injuries, whilst the driver of the lorry had sustained more serious injuries.[3] This was later revised to two serious and five minor injuries.[5] The Class 455 electric multiple unit involved has since been fully repaired using a rebuilt carriage from a Class 210 diesel multiple unit and returned to service in July 2013.[citation needed
]

Services

All services at Oxshott are operated by

South Western Railway using Class 455 EMUs.[6]

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[7]

On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly in each direction.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Claygate  
New Guildford Line
   Cobham &
Stoke d'Abernon

References

  1. ISBN 1-85260-508-1
    . R508.
  2. ^ H.E. Malden, ed. (1911). "Parishes: Stoke d'Abernon". A History of the County of Surrey: Volume 3. Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ a b c "Several injured as lorry falls on to a train". BBC News. 5 November 2010. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
  4. ^ Clinnick, Richard. "Lorry lands on train after plunging through bridge". Rail (657, 17–30 November 2010): 6–7.
  5. ^ a b c "Bridge strike and road vehicle incursion onto the roof of a passing train near Oxshott station" (PDF). Rail Accident Investigation Branch. 4 August 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2011. Retrieved 23 September 2018.
  6. ^ "SWR withdraws '456s' following service cuts". Rail. No. 949. 26 January 2022. pp. 10–11.
  7. ^ Table 152 National Rail timetable, December 2021

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