Gomshall railway station

Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Gomshall
Gomshall
General information
Location	Gomshall, Guildford; England
Coordinates	51°13′08″N 0°26′31″W / 51.219°N 0.442°W
Grid reference	TQ089478
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GOM
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	20 August 1849
Original company	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Key dates
20 August 1849	Opened as Gomshall and Shere Heath
March 1850	Renamed Gomshall and Sheire
September 1852	Renamed Gomshall and Shere
12 May 1980	Renamed Gomshall
Passengers
2019/20	54,150
2020/21	17,294
2021/22	44,574
2022/23	47,628
2023/24	50,042
Notes
Notes
	Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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
Dorking West		Great Western Railway North Downs Line		Chilworth

References

^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 106. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
^ Yonge, John (November 2008) [1994]. Jacobs, Gerald (ed.). Railway Track Diagrams 5: Southern & TfL (3rd ed.). Bradford on Avon: Trackmaps. map 24A. ISBN 978-0-9549866-4-3.
^ ^a ^b "History". Shere Village.
^ Table 148 National Rail timetable, December 2023