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Dorking railway station is one of three railway stations that serve the town of Dorking in Surrey, England. The station is within walking distance of Dorking Deepdene station and interchange on a through ticket is permitted. Dorking West and Dorking (Deepdene) are on the North Downs Line.There are two trains per hour towards London Waterloo, two towards London Victoria and an hourly service to Horsham (Monday to Saturday off-peak). South Western Railway services to London Waterloo typically use Platform 2. Southern services to Horsham generally depart from platform 3.The station, previously called Dorking North, was rebuilt in the 1980s and is now part of the office block which houses the headquarters of Biwater.Ticket barriers were installed in 2010.ConstructionThe Mole Gap between Dorking and Leatherhead is one of the few natural breaches in the North Downs and its potential as a rail corridor was realised as early as 1830 when a line linking London to Brighton was proposed. In 1845-6, the "Direct London and Portsmouth Railway" was authorised by parliament to run south from Epsom to Dorking on to Godalming, Havant and Portsmouth. The scheme failed to attract sufficient investment and was dropped in favour of the Woking, Guildford and Havant route from London Waterloo.