New Guildford line

New Guildford line
South West Trains Class 455 arriving at Guildford from the New Line in 2017
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Surrey, South East England
Termini	Surbiton Guildford
Service
Type	Suburban rail, Heavy rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	South Western Railway
Rolling stock	Class 450 Class 455 Class 458 Class 707
History
Opened	1885
Technical
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	Third rail, 750 V DC
Route map (Click to expand)

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Legend
Waterloo Vauxhall South West Main Line Clapham Junction Earlsfield Wimbledon Sutton and Mole Valley lines A3 (Kingston Bypass) Surbiton Hampton Court branch line South West Main Line to Portsmouth Direct line Hinchley Wood Claygate A3 (Esher Bypass) Oxshott Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon River Mole M25 Leatherhead Sutton and Mole Valley lines River Mole Bookham Tunnel 90 m 98 yd Bookham Effingham Junction Horsley Clandon London Road (Guildford) River Wey Portsmouth Direct line North Downs Line Guildford North Downs Line Portsmouth Direct line

The New Guildford line, presently operated by South Western Railway, is a commuter line between London Waterloo and Guildford. It branches off the South West Main Line at Hampton Court Junction, just south-west of Surbiton. On timetables, trains on this route are advertised as going to Guildford via Cobham.

Rush hour services provide two (inbound) morning services and one (outbound) evening service non-stop between Surbiton and Waterloo. Off-peak services run twice per hour (once on Sundays) and are slower, stopping at all intermediate stations except between Surbiton and Wimbledon.^[1]

A nominally independent company, the Guildford, Kingston and London Railway, proposed a line broadly similar to the present-day route, but joining to the District Railway at Putney Bridge. That scheme failed when the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) agreed to build the present route, including a branch from Effingham Junction to Leatherhead. It opened in 1885. The short section from Hampton Court Junction to Claygate was electrified in 1916, and from Claygate to Guildford in 1925.