Gomshall railway station

51°13′08″N 0°26′31″W / 51.219°N 0.442°W / 51.219; -0.442Grid referenceTQ089478Managed byGreat Western RailwayPlatforms2Other informationStation codeGOMClassificationDfT category F2HistoryOpened20 August 1849Original companyReading, Guildford and Reigate RailwayPre-groupingSouth Eastern RailwayPost-groupingSouthern RailwayKey dates20 August 1849 (1849-08-20)Opened as Gomshall and Shere HeathMarch 1850Renamed Gomshall and SheireSeptember 1852Renamed Gomshall and Shere12 May 1980Renamed GomshallPassengers2018/19 55,3362019/20 54,1502020/21 17,2942021/22 44,5742022/23 47,628 Notes

Gomshall railway station serves the village of Gomshall in Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line, 35 miles 21 chains (35.26 miles, 56.75 km) measured from London Charing Cross via Redhill.

History

The station was opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway on 20 August 1849, and was originally named Gomshall and Shere Heath; it was renamed Gomshall and Sheire in March 1850, and Gomshall and Shere in September 1852. On 12 May 1980, the name was simplified to Gomshall.^[1] As the older names suggest, it also serves the nearby village of Shere. It has been unmanned since 1967. The station is 35 miles 21 chains (56.7 km) from Charing Cross.^[2]

Accidents and incidents

On 20 February 1904, a troop train, en route to Southampton, hauled by SECR C class 0-6-0 No. 294 was derailed at Gomshall station. There were no fatalities but the locomotive crew and four soldiers of the Northumberland Fusiliers were injured.^[3]

Platforms

Gomshall Station has two staggered platforms. A gated foot crossing had been in use to access both until 25 November 2016 when it was replaced by a permanent bridge with ramped and stepped access.^[3]

Services

All services at Gomshall are operated by Great Western Railway using Class 165 and 166 DMUs.

The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between Reading via Guildford and Gatwick Airport. During the peak hours, the service is increased to one train per hour in each direction.^[4]

On Sundays, eastbound services at the station run only as far as Redhill.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Chilworth		Great Western Railway North Downs Line		Dorking West

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Road

Motorways	M23 M25 M3
A-roads	A217 A23 A24 A240 A243 A25 A29 A3 A31 A3100 A323 A331
Service stations	Clacket Lane Cobham

AirportsRail

Main lines	Alton Line Ascot–Ash Vale line Brighton Main Line Chertsey branch line Epsom Downs Branch Hampton Court branch line New Guildford Line North Downs Line Oxted line Portsmouth Direct Line Redhill–Tonbridge line Shepperton branch line South Western Main Line Sutton and Mole Valley Lines Tattenham Corner line Waterloo to Reading Line
Closed lines	Cranleigh line Horton Light Railway London Necropolis Railway
Stations	Addlestone Ash Ash Vale Ashtead Bagshot Banstead Betchworth Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Brookwood Byfleet & New Haw Camberley Chertsey Chilworth Chipstead Clandon Claygate Cobham & Stoke d'Abernon Dorking Dorking Deepdene Dorking West Dormans Earlswood Effingham Junction Egham Epsom Epsom Downs Esher Ewell East Ewell West Farncombe Farnham Frimley Godalming Godstone Gomshall Guildford Hampton Court Haslemere Hersham Hinchley Wood Horley Horsley Hurst Green Kempton Park Kingswood Leatherhead Lingfield London Road (Guildford) Longcross Merstham Milford Oxshott Oxted Redhill Reigate Salfords Shalford Shepperton Staines Sunbury Tadworth Tattenham Corner Thames Ditton Upper Halliford Upper Warlingham Virginia Water Walton-on-Thames Wanborough West Byfleet Weybridge Witley Woking Woldingham Worplesdon
Closed stations	Ash Green Halt Baynards Bramley & Wonersh Cranleigh Epsom Town Monks Lane Halt Tongham
Heritage railways	Old Kiln Light Railway

Buses

Stations	Guildford Bus Station
Companies	Arriva London First Beeline London General Metrobus Safeguard Coaches Stagecoach South Sullivan Buses White Bus Services

Waterways

Navigable Rivers	River Thames
Canals	Basingstoke Canal Wey and Arun Canal Wey and Godalming Navigations

Footpaths

National Trails	North Downs Way Thames Path
Long-distance footpaths	Blackwater Valley Path Downs Link E2 Greensand Way London Outer Orbital Path Mole Gap Trail St Swithun's Way Thames Down Link Vanguard Way Wey South Path