Dorking railway station
Dorking 
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| Location | |
| Place | Dorking |
| Local authority | District of Mole Valley |
| Grid reference | TQ170504 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | DKG |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 3 |
| DfT category | C1 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 1.300 million |
| – Interchange |
0.105 million |
| 2012/13 |
 1.234 million |
| – Interchange |
0.113 million |
| 2013/14 |
1.260 million |
| – Interchange |
0.119 million |
| 2014/15 |
1.292 million |
| – Interchange |
0.132 million |
| 2015/16 |
1.221 million |
| – Interchange |
0.137 million |
| History | |
| 11 March 1867 1 May 1867 27 July 1887 1 March 1888 2 February 1901 9 July 1923 12 July 1925 3 March 1929 15 May 1938 3 July 1938 January 1964 7 November 1966 6 May 1968 23 August 1982 |
Opened (trains to Leatherhead) Opened (trains to Horsham) Betchworth Tunnel collapse Betchworth Tunnel reopened Queen Victoria's funeral train runs through Dorking Renamed "Dorking North" First electric trains to Waterloo First electric trains to London Bridge New signal box opens Electric trains to Victoria, Horsham and Portsmouth Final steam services withdrawn Goods yard closed Renamed "Dorking" New station building opened |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dorking from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Dorking railway station is one of three railway stations that serve the town of Dorking in Surrey, England. The station is within walking distance of Dorking Deepdene station and interchange on a through ticket is permitted. Dorking West and Dorking (Deepdene) are on the North Downs Line.
There are two trains per hour towards London Waterloo, two towards London Victoria and an hourly service to Horsham (Monday to Saturday off-peak). South West Trains services to London Waterloo typically use Platform 2. Southern services to Horsham generally depart from platform 3.
The station, previously called Dorking North, was rebuilt in the 1980s and is now part of the office block which houses the headquarters of Biwater.
Ticket barriers were installed in 2010.
The Mole Gap between Dorking and Leatherhead is one of the few natural breaches in the North Downs and its potential as a rail corridor was realised as early as 1830 when a line linking London to Brighton was proposed. In 1845-6, the "Direct London and Portsmouth Railway" was authorised by parliament to run south from Epsom to Dorking on to Godalming, Havant and Portsmouth. The scheme failed to attract sufficient investment and was dropped in favour of the Woking, Guildford and Havant route from London Waterloo.
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