Gomshall railway station

Gomshall
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General information
Location	Guildford
Managed by	Great Western Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	GOM
History
Opened	20 August 1849
Original company	Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway
Pre-grouping	South Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway

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.

History

Gomshall station was originally called "Gomshall and Shere", as 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, and has two platforms, which can each accommodate a three-coach train.^[1]

Accident

In March 1904, a passenger train hauled by C class No. 294 was derailed at Gomshall station.^[2]

Services

The typical off-peak service (from December 2006) is one train every two hours between Reading and Redhill (extended to Gatwick Airport on Sundays).^[3]

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

Gallery

Station entrance
Platform 1

References

^ 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
^ Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-906899-01-X. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)
^ GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

51°13′08″N 0°26′31″W / 51.219°N 0.442°W / 51.219; -0.442

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[1] 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. {{cite book}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)

[Trevenna-2] Trevena, Arthur (1980). Trains in Trouble. Vol. Vol. 1. Redruth: Atlantic Books. p. 18. ISBN 0-906899-01-X. {{cite book}}: |volume= has extra text (help)

[3] GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 148 (Network Rail)

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Towns, villages, most notable neighbourhoods and hamlets	Albury Artington Ash Ash Vale Burntcommon Burpham Chilworth Compton East Clandon East Horsley Effingham Fairlands Farley Green Gomshall Guildford Holmbury St Mary Jacobs Well Merrow Normandy Ockham Peaslake Pirbright Puttenham Ripley St Martha Seale Send Shackleford Shalford Shere Stoughton Tongham Wanborough West Clandon West Horsley Wisley Wood Street Village Worplesdon
Parks and public woodlands	Albury Park Clandon Park Hatchlands Park On the Greensand Ridge The Hurtmoor Winterfold Forest Ockham Park Puttenham & Crooksbury Commons Seale Chalk Pit Silent Pool On the North Downs Newlands Corner St Martha's Hill wooded slopes of the Hog's Back Stoke Park Sutton Place Wanborough Grange RHS Garden, Wisley
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