The first railway to arrive in Leatherhead was built by Epsom and Leatherhead Railway Company. The line, which terminated at a station in Kingston Road, opened on 1st February 1859. Initially all trains were operated by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) and, for the first two months, only ran as far as . The completion of the line through enabled these services to be extended to from April of the same year and, in August 1859, the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to run trains to .