Box Hill & Westhumble railway station
Box Hill and Westhumble 
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| Location | |
| Place | Westhumble |
| Local authority | District of Mole Valley |
| Grid reference | TQ167518 |
| Operations | |
| Station code | BXW |
| Managed by | Southern |
| Number of platforms | 2 |
| DfT category | F2 |
| Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries |
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| Annual rail passenger usage* | |
| 2011/12 |
 81,122 |
| 2012/13 |
0.104 million |
| 2013/14 |
 83,914 |
| 2014/15 |
0.103 million |
| 2015/16 |
0.102 million |
| History | |
| Key dates | Opened 11 March 1867 |
| National Rail – UK railway stations | |
| * Annual estimated 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 and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year. | |
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Box Hill & Westhumble railway station 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.
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 at peak times, when some South West Trains services to and from London Waterloo also stop here, along with a limited number of trains from London Bridge via West Croydon (p.m only). Most evening SWT services also call in the southbound direction, giving the station a better service after the evening peak than during the daytime. On Sundays the service is half-hourly and runs exclusively between Victoria & Dorking.
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 of the North Downs Way.
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.
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