| Godstone | |
| Symbol Location: | gb |
| Symbol: | rail |
| Borough: | Godstone, Tandridge |
| Country: | England |
| Coordinates: | 51.218°N -0.05°W |
| Grid Name: | Grid reference |
| Manager: | Southern |
| Platforms: | 2 |
| Code: | GDN |
| Classification: | DfT category F2 |
| Years: | 26 May 1842 |
| Events: | Opened |
| Footnotes: | Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Godstone railway station is on the Redhill to Tonbridge Line and serves Godstone in Surrey, England (over 2 miles away). It is measured from via . The Bletchingley Tunnel, is less than one mile due west of the station is about ½ mile long.
The station was opened in 1842 by the South Eastern Railway.
The station became unstaffed in 1967 following which the original station buildings were demolished and replaced with small shelters.
In 1993 the line was electrified and services started to run through to London rather than being an extension of the Reading to Tonbridge North Downs Line service.
In 2007, a PERTIS machine was installed at the street entrance to the Tonbridge-bound platform. The station was until December 2008 operated by Southeastern before the Department for Transport approved the transfer suggested by Southern to its operations, whose green signage was installed before October 2008.
The station is unstaffed and there is a self-service ticket machine available as well as information screens and help points for train information. Step-free access is available to the Tonbridge bound platform only at the station.[1]
There is a small free car park and bicycle storage is available at the station.[2]
All services at Godstone are operated by Southern using EMUs.
The typical weekend off-peak service is one train per hour in each direction between and .
In December 2023 the number of units used for the Monday to Friday service was reduced from 3 units to 2.[3] As a result the train service was reduced from hourly off peak and half hourly at peak times to an irregular service without consistent departure times part the hour.[4]
In early 2024 Network Rail created a research paper looking into options to increase rail use between Kent and Gatwick Airport. Five options are being looked at:[5]
Metrobus route 409 serves the station providing connections to Selsdon, Caterham and East Grinstead.[6]