Shalford railway station



Shalford railway station serves the village of Shalford, Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line. The station is 41 mi from Charing Cross, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a six-coach train. To the west is Shalford Junction, 41 mi from Charing Cross, where the North Downs Line meets the Portsmouth Direct Line 31 mi from Waterloo (via Woking).

History
In 1940, Shalford was a sub-control centre coordinating the evacuation trains dispersing the soldiers brought back from Dunkirk.

On 11 April 1944 two goods trains collided at Shalford Station. One of them consisted of tankers of aviation fuel en route to airfields in Kent. Leaks from the damaged wagons caused a major fire which was eventually brought under control by the fire brigade, with assistance of members of the local police and Home Guard volunteers, who used sandbags to contain the spread of the burning fuel. Nearby properties, including a potato and vegetable store, were badly damaged as was the steel road bridge over the railway that was buckled by the heat. The local pub, the Queen Victoria, escaped unharmed.

Services
All services at Shalford are operated by Great Western Railway using and  DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Reading via Guildford and Gatwick Airport. During the peak hours, the service is increased to two trains per hour in each direction.

On Sundays, eastbound services at the station run only as far as Redhill.