Guildford railway station
The station building, seen in May 2021 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Guildford, Borough of Guildford England | ||||
| Grid reference | SU991496 | ||||
| Managed by | Network Rail | ||||
| Platforms | 8 (7 in use) | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Station code | GLD | ||||
| Classification | DfT category B | ||||
| History | |||||
| Opened | 5 May 1845 | ||||
| Passengers | |||||
| 2020/21 | 1.489 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.185 million | ||||
| 2021/22 | 4.284 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.515 million | ||||
| 2022/23 | 5.285 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.681 million | ||||
| 2023/24 | 5.884 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.771 million | ||||
| 2024/25 | 6.373 million | ||||
| Interchange | 0.892 million | ||||
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Guildford railway station is at one of three main railway junctions on the Portsmouth Direct Line and serves the town of Guildford, in Surrey, England. It is 30 miles 27 chains (30.34 mi; 48.8 km) down the line from London Waterloo via Woking.
It provides an interchange station for two other railway lines: the North Downs Line northwards towards Reading, which has a connection to Aldershot, and eastwards to Redhill; and the New Guildford Line, the alternative route to London Waterloo, via Cobham or Epsom.
Guildford station is the larger, more frequently and more diversely served of the two stations in Guildford town centre, the other being London Road (Guildford) on the New Guildford Line.