Box Hill & Westhumble railway station

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Box Hill and Westhumble
Location
Place Westhumble
Local authority Mole Valley
Operations
Station code BXW
Managed by Southern
Platforms in use 2
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 * 43,255
2005/06 * 42,204
History
Key dates Opened 11 March 1867
National Rail - UK railway stations

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Box Hill and Westhumble from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Box Hill & Westhumble railway station is a railway station in the village of Westhumble in Surrey, approximately two miles north of Dorking town centre. Box Hill is located approximately half a mile to the east. The station is served by one train every hour towards London Victoria and one train every hour towards Horsham off peak, operated by Southern. More trains operate on Sundays and Public Holidays in each direction.

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". [1]

Year Name of station
1867 West Humble for Box Hill
1870 Box Hill and Burford Bridge
1896 Box Hill
1904 Box Hill and Burford Bridge
1958 Boxhill and Westhumble
2006 Box Hill and Westhumble
Boxhill is preserved as part of the National Collection at the National Railway Museum.
Boxhill is preserved as part of the National Collection at the National Railway Museum.

A Terrier tank engine, built by the LBSCR in 1880, was named Boxhill after the station.[2] 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.[3] It is now preserved at the National Rail Museum in York.[2]



[edit] Typical off-peak journey times

December 2006 - May 2007 timetable
Frequency in trains per hour

Destination Platform Journey time Frequency Operator
Leatherhead 2 6 minutes 1 tph Southern
Epsom 2 10 minutes 1 tph Southern
Sutton 2 22 minutes 1 tph Southern
Clapham Junction 2 36 minutes 1 tph Southern
LONDON VICTORIA 2 46 minutes 1 tph Southern
Holmwood 1 10 minutes 1 tph Southern
HORSHAM 1 25 minutes 1 tph Southern


  Preceding station     National Rail     Following station  
Leatherhead   Southern
Mole Valley Line		   Dorking
Leatherhead   South West Trains
Mon-Fri peak hours only		   Dorking

[edit] References

  1. ^ Shepperd, Ronald (1991). Micklam the story of a parish. Mickleham Publications. ISBN 0951830503. 
  2. ^ a b NRM | Collections | Locomotives
  3. ^ The Terrier Trust On The Web

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