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Location notes
A Station with a footbridge over the busy East Croydon to Gatwick Airport and Brighton main line.
Railway type and traffic
Frequent electric multiple units belonging to Thameslink and South Central Trains.
The former are class 319s, the latter Electrostars. Thames 165s also operate from Reading to Gatwick along with occasional Virgin Voyagers to Brighton.
Finally the frequent Gatwick Express shuttle can be seen passing through, usually in the hands of 442 units.
The former are class 319s, the latter Electrostars. Thames 165s also operate from Reading to Gatwick along with occasional Virgin Voyagers to Brighton.
Finally the frequent Gatwick Express shuttle can be seen passing through, usually in the hands of 442 units.
Link to Real Time Trains
RTT Link Salfords Station
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Environment
Salfords is a fairly busy suburb in Surrey. The station footbridge doubles as footpath access to a nearby school and other amenities.
Road directions
From the M23, junction 9:
Proceed up the spur for Horley, junction 9A and go straight across the first roundabout which is the end of the motorway. Then the dual carriageway will pass over another. At the next roundabout on the edge of Gatwick North Terminal take the third exit, signed Redhill A217. At the next roundabout head right up the A23 North towards Redhill. After about 5km the station approach is on the right in the dual carriageway section.
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Salfords Station map co-ordinates
Proceed up the spur for Horley, junction 9A and go straight across the first roundabout which is the end of the motorway. Then the dual carriageway will pass over another. At the next roundabout on the edge of Gatwick North Terminal take the third exit, signed Redhill A217. At the next roundabout head right up the A23 North towards Redhill. After about 5km the station approach is on the right in the dual carriageway section.
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Salfords Station map co-ordinates
Parking
There is a car park at the station, but is liable to be quite pricey.
Public transport
Salfords is served by an hourly London to Horsham stopping service.
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Amenities
There are no facilities on the station. There are a few in Salfords, but it is not a very big place. Gatwick Airport is 5km to the South, Redhill the same distance the other way.
Accommodation
Given the proximity to Gatwick Airport there is abundant hotel accommodation in the area.
Sun Compass
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Salfords Station
Streetmap links
Salfords Station general view map
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Salfords Station
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Salfords Station
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Photographic notes
The track alignment is very close to north to south. The fast lines run around the station platforms to the East. The best photography is in the early afternoon for trains heading south. The Gatwick 73s should be leading if running in correct formation. Late afternoon Northbound shots are also possible on the fast lines heading North. Much less traffic, mainly the stoppers and Thames services use the slow lines, but this is difficult for photography due to station lighting columns and other clutter. The footbridge is in an urban area and has significant non station use, but is not unduly noisy for video work.
General views - All photographs © Wayland Smith unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking south
Along the fast lines.
Fig 2 - Looking north
Up the fast lines towards London.
Fig 3 - Looking north
The slow lines, with the fasts visible behind.
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This site has been created to assist railway photographers in their travels around the country. It is based on the personal knowledge and experience. No liability can be held against the web site or its contributions for incorrect information. Trainspots will endeavour to check all information and corrections will be accepted and posted accordingly.
Advice as to the locations general environment is given as a guide on each page. This information is a GUIDE only. ALWAYS be careful with your equipment, Trainspots can not be held responsible for your personal security. Avoid leaving your property on display for all to see, be aware of your surroundings at all times. There are, sadly, people who will not think twice about trying to steal your equipment.
Trainspots DOES NOT condone trespass and none of the information on this site should be taken as a right to trespass on either railway or private land. To the best of our knowledge all locations are publicly accessible areas, where they are not contact information will be given to the appropriate authority for permission to be obtained.
The content of this site is created and intended for all age ranges but the content of sites linked from this site are not subject to the same intentions. Trainspots will attempt to check links for validity but as time passes and the site grows this will not always be possible. Broken, or indeed updates to, links should be submitted to the editor for inclusion in the updates. All links external to the Trainspots site are opened in a new browser window. Trainspots has been running now for over 10 years and there are imitation sites and guides to railfotspots. But we are a free site and we continue on the path we started out on over a decade ago to provide a useful guide to UK Railway Photographic Locations.
