Railway station in Surrey, England
Salfords railway station
serves the village of
Salfords
in
Surrey
, England. The station is sometimes shown as
Salfords (Surrey)
in timetables to differentiate it from the two stations in
Salford
,
Greater Manchester
. It is on the
Brighton Main Line
, 23 miles 37 chains (37.8 km) down the line from
London Bridge
via
Redhill
and is managed by
Southern
. Train services are provided by
Thameslink
and Southern.
The station has four lines running through it: two slow lines with platforms and two express lines that have no platforms. The ticket office is open weekdays from 6:30 am to 10:30 am. There is an on-demand service announcement facility. A
PERTIS
machine is provided. Journey times are around 45 minutes to
London
, 25 to
Croydon
, 7 to
Redhill
and
Gatwick Airport
, 10 to
Crawley
and 20 to
Horsham
.
History
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Salfords station was originally built in 1915 for workers at the
Monotype Corporation
, which had constructed a factory next to the railway line in 1899. From its opening on 8 October 1915
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the train service was not advertised and sparse to meet the needs of Monotype Corporation staff. On 17 July 1932 the line was electrified on 750 Volts DC third rail and concurrently the station was served by a regular advertised train service. The station name, originally
Salfords Halt
, was simplified to
Salfords
on 1 January 1935.
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Day Aggregates made use of the open land beside the station to store and transport their loose stones for construction in the area for some time. The sidings used still exist, including a bay platform at the station and most of the machinery used to expel and fill the wagons that transported the stone at the site.
Network Rail
have a site at the back of platform 1, using it as a base for the continuing improvements to the Brighton main line, in between Selhurst traincare depot and the Three Bridges engineering depot.
On 14 January 2008, the station received a minor upgrade. This involved the replacing of the wooden huts with modern glass waiting areas and the installation of dynamic digital displays with information about the next train.
Southeastern
ceased to serve the station from December 2008.
A second PERTIS machine was installed at the entrance to the Horley-bound platform by 2008. Help points were installed in February 2011 to both platforms.
The PERTIS machine on platform one has been replaced in August 2011 by the installation of quick ticket machine on this platform to facilitate buying of tickets out of hours.
Since 20 May 2018 Salfords is served by the Thameslink service between Bedford and Gatwick Airport.
Services
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Off-peak, all services at Salfords are operated by
Thameslink
using
Class 700
EMUs
.
The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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During the peak hours, the station is served by an additional half-hourly
Southern
service between
London Victoria
and
Gatwick Airport
.
On Sundays, the service is reduced to hourly but southbound services are extended beyond Three Bridges to and from
Horsham
.
Although the station is outside Greater London,
Oyster Pay as you go
and contactless payment cards are valid. However, the station is outside the London Fare Zone area and as a result, special fares apply.
References
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