Earlswood (Surrey) railway station

Infobox UK station
name=Earlswood (Surrey)


manager= Southern
locale= Earlswood
borough = Reigate and Banstead
code= ELD
usage0405= 0.226
usage0506= 0.255
usage0607= 0.298
platforms= ?
start= 1 August 1868

Earlswood railway station serves Earlswood, south of Redhill, in Surrey. It is on the Brighton Main Line, and train services are provided by Southern.

ervices

The typical service from the station is one train per hour to London Bridge, and one train per hour to Horsham.

Future developments

The Thameslink Programme (formerly Thameslink 2000) project proposes to turn some of the Southern services over to the expanded Thameslink network under First Capital Connect. This will see services that currently terminate at London Bridge continuing through Central London and north wards via the Midland Main Line or East Coast Main Line to destinations such as Luton or Cambridge. This however is not imminent, a Department for Transport whitepaper states only that "the Thameslink Programme will be completed by the end of 2015" and that "interim outputs will be delivered by the end of 2011" [cite web|title=Delivering a Sustainable Railway - White Paper CM 7176|publisher=Department for Transport|date=2007|url=http://www.dft.gov.uk/about/strategy/whitepapers/whitepapercm7176/|accessdate=2007-07-24] , leaving Southern as the main operator for several more years to come. The Thameslink Programme is centred around 12 car long trains, thus Earlswood station could potentially have its platforms lengthened as they can only currently accommodate 10 car long trains.

ee also

*Earlswood (West Midlands) railway station

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