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; the same line 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 The station was opened by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) on 5 May 1845, [2] but was substantially enlarged and rebuilt in 1880. The station was completely rebuilt (except for the platforms) by British Rail in the late 1980s. Platform 1 – Bay platform for stopping services to London Waterloo via Epsom or Cobham Platform 2 – Stopping services to London Waterloo via Cobham Platform 3 – Stopping services to London Waterloo via Woking [Small number of weekday services. Otherwise Sundays only] Platform 4 – Fast and stopping services towards Portsmouth; semi-fast services to Gatwick Airport Platform 5 – Fast services to London Waterloo Platform 6 – Stopping services to Redhill and services to Ascot or Farnham via Aldershot depart from either this platform or platform 8 Platform 7 – Platform not in use Platform 8 – Services to Reading. Services to Ascot via Aldershot depart from either this platform or platform 6.
