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Box Hill and Westhumble
General information
Location	Westhumble, District of Mole Valley England
Grid reference	TQ167518
Managed by	Southern
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	BXW
Classification	DfT category F2
History
Opened	11 March 1867
Passengers
2019/20	0.115 million
2020/21	48,982
2021/22	93,512
2022/23	0.106 million
2023/24	0.133 million
Listed Building – Grade II
Designated	30 December 1980
Reference no.	1278326
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Box Hill & Westhumble is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, England, approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill is located approximately 1⁄2 mile (800 m) to the east. It is 21 miles 14 chains (34.1 km) down the line from London Waterloo. Train services are operated by Southern who manage the station, and South Western Railway.

The station is the end point for the Thames Down Link long-distance footpath from Kingston upon Thames, and lies close to the midpoint of the Mole Gap Trail between Leatherhead and Dorking. The station is within 1⁄2 mile (800 m) of the North Downs Way.

History

The station was constructed at the insistence of Thomas Grissell the owner of Norbury Park, in part compensation for the railway cutting across his land to the north of the village. The main building was designed by Charles Henry Driver in the Châteauesque style and included steeply pitched roofs with patterned tiles and an ornamental turret topped with a decorative grille and weather vane. The building is currently in use as a private dwelling and commercial premises and is protected by a Grade II listing.

Grissell also obtained the right from the LBSCR to stop any train on request, a privilege subsequently exercised by Leopold Salomons, who purchased Norbury Park in 1890. This concession was legally abolished by the Transport Act of 1962, however there is no evidence to suggest that it was regularly used after 1910.

The name of the station has changed many times over the years with "Box Hill" & "Boxhill" and "Westhumble" & "West Humble" used in varying combinations for signs, timetables and railway maps, with many inconsistencies. In 2006, after consultation with local residents, the station's name was changed to "Box Hill and Westhumble" from "Boxhill and Westhumble".

Services

Services at Box Hill & Westhumble are operated by Southern and South Western Railway using Class 377 and 455 EMUs.

The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is:

• 1 tph to London Victoria via Sutton
• 1 tph to London Waterloo via Wimbledon
• 2 tph to Dorking of which 1 continues to Horsham

In the peak hours, the frequency between London Waterloo and Dorking is doubled to 2tph. On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Leatherhead		SouthernSutton & Mole Valley Lines		Dorking
		South Western Railway Mole Valley Line

Terrier tank engine

A Terrier tank engine, built by the LBSCR in 1880, was named Boxhill after the station. It was used to haul commuter trains in South London and Surrey until the 1920s, when it was moved to become a shunting engine at Brighton. Unlike other engines of its class, its smokebox was not modified in the early 20th century, and it was restored by the Southern Railway in 1947 to its original condition and painted in its original Stroudley yellow ochre livery. It is now preserved at the National Railway Museum in York.

References

1. ^ Historic England. "Boxhill and West Humble railway station (Grade II) (1278326)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 September 2019.
2. "National Rail Enquiries – Station Facilities for Box Hill and Westhumble". National Rail. Archived from the original on 9 January 2010. Retrieved 20 October 2010.
3. ^ "£1m upgrade at Box Hill & Westhumble station". Network Rail Media Centre. 8 June 2021. Archived from the original on 8 June 2021. Retrieved 16 July 2021.
4. "Thames Down Link" (PDF). Surrey County Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2011.
5. "Mole Gap Trail" (PDF). 60 Walks for 60 Years. Natural England. 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
6. "Opening of the Dorking and Leatherhead Railway". Brighton Gazette. British Newspaper Archive. 21 March 1867. Retrieved 8 August 2016 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. ^ Jackson, Alan (1988). Dorking's Railways. Dorking Local History Group. ISBN 1-870912-01-2.
8. Shepperd, Ronald (1991). Micklam the story of a parish. Mickleham Publications. ISBN 0-9518305-0-3.
9. Table 152, 180 National Rail timetable, December 2021
10. ^ "London Brighton & South Coast Railway locomotive Boxhill". Science Museum Group. 12 October 2009. Archived from the original on 8 August 2020. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
11. Wickham, John (June 2015). "Other Terriers". The Terrier Trust on the Web. Archived from the original on 1 October 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2019.

External links

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Towns Villages	Ashtead Ashtead Betchworth Betchworth Brockham Buckland Dorking Abinger Beare Green Capel Coldharbour Dorking Friday Street Goodwyns Holmbury St Mary Holmwood Mickleham Newdigate Ockley Pixham Westcott Westhumble Wotton Epsom Headley Horley Charlwood Leatherhead Fetcham Great Bookham Leatherhead Little Bookham Reigate Leigh Tadworth Box Hill Tadworth
Parks	Ashtead Common Bookham Commons Box Hill Glover's Wood Holmbury Hill Leith Hill Oxmoor Copse Norbury Park Polesden Lacey
Places of worship	Church of St Nicholas, Charlwood St Joseph's Church, Dorking St Martin's Church, Dorking Church of St. Mary, Fetcham Church of Our Lady and St Peter, Leatherhead Church of St. Mary & St. Nicholas, Leatherhead
Education	The Ashcombe School Box Hill School City of London Freemen's School Downsend School Howard of Effingham School Manor House School The Priory School St Andrew's Catholic School St John's School St Teresa's School Effingham Therfield School
Transport	Railway stations Ashtead Betchworth Bookham Box Hill & Westhumble Dorking Dorking Deepdene Dorking West Holmwood Leatherhead Ockley
Buildings and structures	Betchworth Castle Bocketts Farm Burford Bridge Hotel Cherkley Court Denbies Wine Estate Dorking Caves Fetcham Park House Gatwick Aviation Museum Headley Court Juniper Hall Lowfield Heath Windmill Mullard Space Science Laboratory Wotton House
Sport	Football clubs Bookham Dorking Dorking Wanderers Leatherhead
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• Box Hill, Surrey
• Railway stations in Surrey
• Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
• DfT Category F2 stations
• Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1867
• Railway stations served by Govia Thameslink Railway
• Châteauesque architecture
• Charles Henry Driver railway stations
• Grade II listed railway stations
• Railway stations served by South Western Railway