Salfords railway station
Salfords 
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| Location | |
| Place | Salfords |
| Local authority | Reigate and Banstead |
| Coordinates | 51°12′07″N 0°09′43″W / 51.202°N 0.162°WCoordinates: 51°12′07″N 0°09′43″W / 51.202°N 0.162°W |
| Grid reference | TQ285462 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | SAF |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | E |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 128,724 |
| 2012/13 |
134,858 |
| 2013/14 |
138,710 |
| 2014/15 |
 131,464 |
| 2015/16 |
132,408 |
| History | |
| Original company | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| 8 October 1915 | Station opened as Salfords Halt |
| 1 January 1935 | Renamed Salfords |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Salfords from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Salfords railway station serves the village of Salfords in Surrey, England. It is on the Brighton Main Line 23 miles (37 km) south of London Bridge station and managed by Southern, who also operate all train services.
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 ticket machine is also located on each platform. Journey times are around 45 minutes to London, 25 to Croydon, 7 to Redhill and Gatwick Airport, 10 to Crawley and 20 to Horsham.
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 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 750dc 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.
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.
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