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Station on the North Downs Line, viewed from the Ranmore Road overbridge. It was originally the only station in Dorking, opened in 1849. The staggered platforms were an original feature. It was renamed Dorking Town station in 1923 by the Southern Railway and Dorking West in 1987 by British Railways. However its inconvenient site, and the increasing importance of what is now Dorking station (previously Dorking North) on the London - Horsham railway and the adjacent Dorking Deepdene station, the next station east along the North Downs Line, led to its decline, with the substantial station building being demolished in 1969. It is now an unstaffed halt, with an off peak service of one train each way every other hour (compared with Dorking Deepdene, which has 2 trains per hour, one of which is a limited stop service).