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Location notes
A wide foot bridge over the London to Portsmouth main line just to the north of Guildford station. Three lines converge under the bridge, looking north from left to right:
+ The line from Farnborough and Ash - fig 2,
+ The main line from London via Woking- fig 1
+ Other lines from London via Effingham, Leatherhead or Oxshott - fig 3
+ The line from Farnborough and Ash - fig 2,
+ The main line from London via Woking- fig 1
+ Other lines from London via Effingham, Leatherhead or Oxshott - fig 3
Railway type and traffic
Fast passenger services are in the hands of SWT, predominantly 444s with the odd 450, two fast trains each way per hour and one stopping train each way per hour. There are slow slower services utilitising 455s and 168s
The only freight is the Fawley - Holybourne tanks, which go north around 10:35 and return at around 14:55.
The only freight is the Fawley - Holybourne tanks, which go north around 10:35 and return at around 14:55.
Environment
The location is a public foot path linking Guildford University on the west and the town on the east. It will be busy at most times of day. There is no lighting on the lines so the location is not much use after dark anyways.
Road directions
From the A3:
Follow the signs, marked University/Cathedral, into Guildford town centre and just before the railway station there is a sign to the 'Recycling Centre' take this road, it is a left turn, and follow it round to the car parks.
The university entrance is 'protected' by a rising bollard, so do not be tempted to park on the university grounds as you may end up stuck!
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Guildford, University Bridge map co-ordinates
Follow the signs, marked University/Cathedral, into Guildford town centre and just before the railway station there is a sign to the 'Recycling Centre' take this road, it is a left turn, and follow it round to the car parks.
The university entrance is 'protected' by a rising bollard, so do not be tempted to park on the university grounds as you may end up stuck!
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Guildford, University Bridge map co-ordinates
Parking
The location is just off a large public car park, so finding somewhere should not be difficult. You can not, however, see your car from the location, so keep those valuables well hidden.
Public transport
Come out of Guildford Station on the western side (up the stairs and head left). Once you are through the barriers turn right and follow the road around till there is a left hand bend. The turning you are looking for is the second right (next after Rupert Road). This is signed 'Recycling Centre' and follow this road to the car park and continue straight through the car park and the location is on your right.
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Amenities
There is nothing at the location, but there is plenty in the town center.
Accommodation
There are a number of hotels in Guildford town centre.
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Guildford, University Bridge
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Photographic notes
The line is pretty much north - south so lighting is best for southbound trains for all but the start and finish of the daylight hours.
The bridge parapet is reasonably high. You can see over standing on the ground, but a small height boost might be advantageous! Looking to the south is the station. Owing to the track layout the line speed though the station is not very high.
There is little noise to disturb videos.
The bridge parapet is reasonably high. You can see over standing on the ground, but a small height boost might be advantageous! Looking to the south is the station. Owing to the track layout the line speed though the station is not very high.
There is little noise to disturb videos.
General views - All photographs © Marcus Dawson unless otherwise stated
Fig 1 - Looking north
A train on the main line from Woking.
Fig 2 - Looking north
This line leads to Ash then on to either Reading or Alton.
Fig 3 - Looking north
This line leads to Effingham Junction then splits to either Leatherhead and Epsom or Oxshott and New Malden.
Fig 4 - Looking south
A view of the station from the bridge
Fig 5 - The Location
To the left of this shot is the station and to the right is the 3 diverging lines.
Both the bridge edges have barriers, on the left you can look under the pipe and the spikes on the right are big enough to easilly put a camera lens through.
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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.
