Woldingham railway station is on the

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in the west of the

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and village of Woldingham in

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, England. It is from , although off peak trains run to and from . The station is managed by Southern.

History

The station opened as Marden Park in 1885, one year after the line opened, with one waiting shelter and named after the manor in the west of Woldingham and north-east of Godstone. The line was relatively late in the history of the railways due to the amount of earth-moving and chalk extraction required. The adjacent Station Lodge is at above sea level (

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) and path below the viaduct immediately to the north is at , as the track ascends the remainder of the cutting and immediately south of the station enters a

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. A tunnel follows to the south of approximately . It was renamed Woldingham in 1894. The station appears briefly in the 1973 David Jason film ''White Cargo'', at the 27:00 minute mark.

Facilities

On the southbound platform, there is a self-service

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and a ticket office which is staffed during weekday and Saturday mornings only. The ticket office also contains a waiting room and toilets which are open when the station is staffed. Both platforms have shelters, information screens and modern help points. The station has a chargeable

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and

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storage is available at the station.

Services

Off-peak, all services at Woldingham are operated by Southern using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 1 tph to * 1 tph to via During the peak hours and on weekends, the service is increased to 2 tph in each direction. During the peak hours, there are also

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operated services between East Grinstead, and . These services are operated using EMUs.

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