Sutton and Mole Valley lines via Epsom and Dorking (including the Bookham Branch) is known to commuters as the "Mole Valley Line" – seven out of the 15 stations are in the Surrey district of Mole Valley. The full title "Sutton and Mole Valley Lines" is used for the lines north of Epsom via Sutton. Confusingly, all Southern services that terminate or call at Sutton are branded as "Sutton and Mole Valley Line" services. The lines which form the route include (in order of construction): None of the lines leads directly to a London terminus, but services use the South Western Main Line to access
Eastern mole and the second part, "mole" is from the Middle English "molle" which in turn is related to another Middle English word, "mold-warpe", which means "earth-thrower". Fossil remains have been reported from the upper Ohio Valley in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and Pleistocene cave faunas in Texas. Moles till and form soil, feed on destructive insects such as cutworms and Japanese beetles, and dig tunnels that aerate the soil and permit moisture to penetrate deeper soil layers. The pelt is small and does not take dyes well; it is thus of no commercial interest to the fur industry. When moles disfigure