Horley - Horsley

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[eightf48544]

Looking at the latest posts in the Bridge Strike thread I noted the confusion between Horley and Horsley.

Just for fun and lockdown is boring I ran the journey through Nation Rail Enquiries. Some interesting results.

Route 1: Cost ?16:10 Journey time 1.28 Changes 2  Norwood Junction and Epsom. Hourly
Route 2: Cost ?16:10 Journey time 1.12 Changes 4  Redhill, Dorkig Deepdene (walk),  Dorking Main Leatherhead Hourly
Route 3: Cost ?15.50 Journey time 1.20 or 26 Changes 2  Redhill Guildford. Half Hourly

Interesting route 2 is quickest but involves a walk
Route 2 3is obviously easiest and is every 30 minutes off peak

Modified to correct typo. thanks Richard

[Surrey 455]

I often walk between those two Dorking stations on my travels. It's only a short walk and for my journeys from Bookham or Leatherhead to Gatwick or the South / South East coast it's usually cheaper and often quicker too than going via London.

[RichardB]

Looking at the latest posts in the Bridge Strike thread I noted the confusion between Horley and Horsley.

Just for fun and lockdown is boring I ran the journey through Nation Rail Enquiries. Some interesting results.

Route 1: Cost ?16:10 Journey time 1.28 Changes 2  Norwood Junction and Epsom. Hourly
Route 2: Cost ?16:10 Journey time 1.12 Changes 4  Redhill, Dorkig Deepdene (walk),  Dorking Main Leatherhead Hourly
Route 3: Cost ?15.50 Journey time 1.20 or 26 Changes 2  Redhill Guildford. Half Hourly

Interesting route 2 is quickest but involves a walk
Route 2 is obviously easiest and is every 30 minutes off peak

I'd say route 3 with just 2 changes is the easiest.  I come from Bookham and like Surrey455, from there, would go via Leatherhead, Dorking and Deepdene but Horsley being just that bit further, I think I'd instinctively go via Guildford and Redhill.  Route 3 is, almost incredibly, now four trains an hour between Horsley and Guildford.   When I was a Bookham resident, the SW services terminated at Effingham Jn - it can only be a good thing that Guildford is now on the departure screens at Epsom and Leatherhead (and Ashtead and Bookham), not Effingham and a change, regardless of how simple that change was.

[stuving]

I thought it odd that going via Guildford is cheaper, since via Dorking must be the shortest route. And I got two other routes out of the OJP^▸ (Online Journey Planner): via Clapham, over 90 minutes and ?18.10; and via Horsham, even slower at around two hours but still ?16.10.

[eightf48544]

Interesting route 2 is quickest but involves a walk
Route 2 3is obviously easiest and is every 30 minutes off peak

I'd say route 3 with just 2 changes is the easiest.  I come from Bookham and like Surrey455, from there, would go via Leatherhead, Dorking and Deepdene but Horsley being just that bit further, I think I'd instinctively go via Guildford and Redhill.  Route 3 is, almost incredibly, now four trains an hour between Horsley and Guildford.   When I was a Bookham resident, the SW services terminated at Effingham Jn - it can only be a good thing that Guildford is now on the departure screens at Epsom and Leatherhead (and Ashtead and Bookham), not Effingham and a change, regardless of how simple that change was.
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Thnaks Richard typo in original post corrected. ? is obviously easiest and cheapest.

[Fourbee]

I often walk between those two Dorking stations on my travels. It's only a short walk and for my journeys from Bookham or Leatherhead to Gatwick or the South / South East coast it's usually cheaper and often quicker too than going via London.

It would be slower for me as I'd find myself in The Lincoln partaking of their ales