London Road (Guildford) railway station is situated in the east of Guildford in Surrey,

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, lying close to the suburbs of

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and Burpham. It is down the line from . The station is managed by South Western Railway, who also provide all train services. It is situated on the New Guildford Line between Waterloo and Guildford via Cobham, although some trains operate via

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rather than Cobham. The parenthesised Guildford is to avoid confusing the station with the similarly named London Road (Brighton). The name was formally 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.

Platform layout

Platform 1 - Up trains to London Waterloo via Cobham and , and peak hour trains to and

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Platform 2 - Down trains to Guildford

Services

All services at London Road are operated by South Western Railway using EMUs. 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, 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. The suspect, Darren Pencille, was subsequently found guilty of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment.

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