Chilworth railway station serves the village of Chilworth, Surrey, England. The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by the Great Western Railway. It is on the North Downs Line, measured from via .
History The Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway opened the station in 1849 as "Chilworth and Albury", although the village of Albury is over away.
In 1888, the Chilworth Gunpowder Company reached agreement with the South Eastern Railway to extend its internal tramway to a siding at the station to enable the transhipment of coal by rail to supply the steam mills.
British Railways destaffed the station in November 1967. In 1978, the signal box was closed, and the signalling controls were transferred to the two nearest staffed boxes at Shalford and Gomshall. The original Victorian footbridge and road crossing gates from the station were removed and sold for £1 to the artist David Shepherd. They were transported on BRS low loader trucks to Somerset, for re-use on the East Somerset Railway, Cranmore. The station has two platforms, which can each accommodate a six-coach train.
Services
The typical off-peak service is one train every two hours in each direction between via and . During the peak hours, the service is increased to one train per hour in each direction.
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