Godstone railway station

Railway station in Surrey, England

51°13′05″N 0°03′00″W / 51.218°N 0.050°W / 51.218; -0.050Grid referenceTQ362483Managed bySouthernPlatforms2Other informationStation codeGDNClassificationDfT category F2Key dates26 May 1842OpenedPassengers2018/19Increase 75,7042019/20Decrease 64,3722020/21Decrease 20,6182021/22Increase 56,1662022/23Increase 64,010 Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road
A 1910 Railway Clearing House map of lines around Godstone railway station.

Godstone railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Godstone in Surrey, England. It is 28 miles 13 chains (28.16 miles, 45.32 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill. The Bletchingley Tunnel (grid reference TQ340486), is less than one mile due west of the station is about ½ mile long.

History

The station was opened in 1842 by the South Eastern Railway.

The station became unstaffed in 1967 following which the original station buildings were demolished and replaced with small shelters.

In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.

In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before the Department for Transport approved the transfer suggested by Southern to its operations, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.

Facilities

The station is unstaffed and there is a self-service ticket machine available as well as information screens and help points for train information. Step-free access is available to the Tonbridge bound platform only at the station.[1]

There is a small free car park and bicycle storage is available at the station.[2]

Services

All services at Godstone are operated by Southern using Class 377 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between Redhill and Tonbridge. A small number of additional services call at the station during the peak hours.[3]

Preceding station National Rail National Rail Following station
Southern

Connections

Metrobus route 409 serves the station providing connections to Selsdon, Caterham and East Grinstead.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Godstone Station Facilities". Southern. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Parking at Godstone station". APCOA Parking. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  3. ^ Table 183 National Rail timetable, December 2023
  4. ^ "Route 409: Selsdon to East Grinstead". Metrobus. Retrieved 11 October 2023.

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