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Brighton to Chichester (The Key [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]]) Proposed: Dorking (Deepdene) to Reigate (The Key [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]] By July 2015: All stations ([[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]])<ref name="GWITT" />|
and Weymouth; Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin (Stagecoach Smart [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]])<ref name="ITSOSWT" />> Epsom to Dorking (The Key [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]])

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(Stagecoach Smart [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]])<ref name="ITSOSWT" /> Dorking to London Waterloo (not at intermediate stations between Epsom and Vauxhall (The Key [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]]) By 2014:

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Uckfield to Woldingham; FROM Epsom, Merstham and Woldingham TO London Bridge and London Victoria (break of journey only at intermediate stations within Greater London (The Key [[ITSO Ltd|ITSO]])<

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