Ockley railway station

Ockley
National Rail
General information
LocationOckley, District of Mole Valley
England
Grid referenceTQ164404
Managed bySouthern
Platforms2
Other information
Station codeOLY
ClassificationDfT category F2
History
Opened1 May 1867
Passengers
2018/19Increase 36,388
2019/20Increase 37,946
2020/21Decrease 9,746
2021/22Increase 25,258
2022/23Increase 29,096
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ockley railway station serves the villages of Ockley and Capel in Surrey, England and is 1.4 miles (2.3 km) east of Ockley village and 0.5 miles (0.8 km) west of the village of Capel. The station is 29 miles 20 chains (47.1 km) from London Waterloo station (although London-bound trains run to Victoria).[1] Ockley is managed by Southern which also provide the services.

History

It opened as Ockley & Capel on 1 May 1867 as part of the London Brighton & South Coast Railway extension to Horsham.[2] Its location, next to Le Steeres of Jayes Park brickworks (closed c 1914) and nearby Phorpres Works (now Clockhouse Works) allowed for substantial brickwork traffic for many years.[3] Milk traffic was also important until the early 1930s when this trade was lost to road transport.[4] Goods traffic declined slowly over the next 30 years ceasing finally in June 1962.[5]

A signal box was provided at the station when it opened and was rebuilt with a 22-lever frame in 1905. The box was closed in 1965 and demolished two years later.[6]

In 2000 the station was Grade II listed.[7]

A great deal of further detail on the history of this station and the entire section of line between Dorking and Horsham can be found in John Harrod's Up The Dorking.[8]

Services

All services at Ockley are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:[9]

There is no service on Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:30) or on Sundays.

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern
Monday-Saturday only

Facilities

Ockley railway station platform 1 seen on the way to Horsham

The station has parking for 25 cars (two disabled spaces) in Station Approach, and 6 cycle spaces. There is no taxi rank. There is a payphone in front of the station building, and a ticket machine by the entrance to Platform 2.[10]

Journey times

Journey times are now around 80 minutes to London Victoria, compared to times of between only 51 and 60 minutes as recently as 1992.[11]

References

  1. ^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 19A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
  2. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1986, Historical background.
  3. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1986, Fig. 77.
  4. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1986, Fig. 78.
  5. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1986, Fig. 82.
  6. ^ Mitchell & Smith 1986, Fig. 79.
  7. ^ Historic England. "Ockley Railway Station, Rhumbles and the Coach House (Grade II) (1380139)". National Heritage List for England.
  8. ^ Harrod, John. Up The Dorking. Ian Allan Publishing.
  9. ^ Table 180 National Rail timetable, May 2020
  10. ^ Ockley Station information
  11. ^ GB National Rail Timetable May 1992 Edition, Table 182

Sources

  • Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). Epsom to Horsham. Southern Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-30-4.
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