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hourly trains from Holmwood to Waterloo to be retained in the 1963 timetable. The accident in 1947 resulted from incorrect manual fog signalling when the driver of the Holmwood train was given permission to enter the junction at Motspur Park before the down Chessington train had cleared the junction, and before the signals and points were changed by the signal box.
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Prior to 1963 the use of Holmwood as a terminus was implemented for much of the day. For example, a serious accident at Motspur Park on 6 Nov 1947 involved the 16:45 Southern Railway train from Holmwood to Waterloo. This service was withdrawn in 1963, the later 17:45 being the last of a series of
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The earlier timetables for services on the line from London Victoria to Horsham in 1905 and 1917 show that services to London Waterloo and London Bridge adhering to the Victorian service pattern from Holmwood, Ockley and Warnham being to London Victoria only.
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For many years (until a revised timetable of 10 July 1967), Holmwood had two hourly services during the day in each direction:
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remains on the London bound platform although now disused. The signal box is Grade II listed.
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Stations in italics are served on limited occasions, at peak hours or on Sundays only.
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There is no service on Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:30) or on Sundays.
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British Railways Southern Region passenger and working timetables for 1966-1967.
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Holmwood was a terminus for various additional trains to and from Waterloo.
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along the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway line to Portsmouth.
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to and from London Bridge (via Sutton and Tulse Hill) and Horsham.
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The London, Brighton & South Coast Railway unofficial website
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The station opened in 1867 in what was the far north of the
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (November 1917).
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London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (November 1905).
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bound platform for ticket purchases. Both platforms have
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Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
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Yonge, John (November 2008) . Jacobs, Gerald (ed.).
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facilities at the station although there is a small
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The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:
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Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
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