Sutton and Mole Valley lines Sutton and Mole Valley lines The Sutton and Mole Valley lines were constructed between 1847 and 1868 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, the London and South Western Railway and the LBSCR-sponsored Horsham, Dorking and Leatherhead Railway. Services include commuter services in South London, Surrey and West Sussex operated by Southern, usually from London Victoria to Horsham via Sutton and Dorking. Some Southern services in peak hours from call at and diverge at Leatherhead and serve Effingham Junction and Guildford via the New Guildford Line. The South Western Railway services are operated by Class 455/7s, 455/8s and 455/9s.
River Mole Ages and the river appears as "Amele" in Domesday Book and subsequently as "Emele" in 12th- and 13th-century Court Rolls. This name is probably derived from the Old English word "æmen" meaning "misty" or "causing mists", and the name of the River Ember probably has its origins in this name. The name "Mole" does not appear until the 16th century, first occurring as "Moule" in Harrison's "Description of Britain" of 1577. The antiquarian William Camden uses the Latinized form "Molis" in the 1586 edition of "Britannia" and Michael Drayton is the first to use "Mole" in his poem "Poly-Olbion" published