Ewell West railway station serves Ewell in the Epsom and Ewell district, in Surrey. The station is served by South West Trains.
The typical off-peak service from the station is 4 trains per hour to London Waterloo, 2 trains per hour to Guildford and 2 trains per hour to Dorking.
From 1905 to 1950 there was a connection to The Horton Light Railway which had been built to transport building materials to the cluster of hospitals in the Horton Lane area.
Ewell West has been part of Travelcard Zone 6 since January 2007.
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