Guildford Snippets – Do You Know? No.11

Published on: 15 Jul, 2018
Updated on: 15 Jul, 2018

by Nick Bale, Guildford Town Guides

Last Sunday, I saw lots of people enjoying the miniature train rides at the Stoke Park Railway Gala Weekend run by the Guildford Model Engineering Society. This reminded me what a vital part the railways have played in Guildford’s development over the past 170 years.

A 4-SUB (4 coach suburban) EMU (Electrical Multiple Unit) built in the 1940s by the Southern Railway heading south between the two tunnels at St Catherine’s.

The train line south from Guildford to Godalming passes through two tunnels. From Guildford railway station, the first tunnel is cut through chalk.

What is the second one cut through?

If you know the answer, please leave a reply in the box below. The answer will be given in a week’s time with the next Guildford question.

You can find out more secrets of Guildford past on the Hidden Guildford walk that will start at Tunsgate Arch at 2.30 pm on Tuesday, July 17.

Many thanks to those of you who responded to last week’s question. It was Field Marshall Francis Warren Grenfell who gave his name to Grenfell Street in North Kensington, at the end of which Grenfell Tower is sited. He was the illustrious uncle of Captain Francis Grenfell VC who is commemorated on the plaque in Tunsgate Arch.

Visit www.guildfordwalks.org.uk for further information.

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