Betchworth railway station
Betchworth railway station serves the village of Betchworth in Surrey, England. It is on the North Downs Line, measured from via . All services are operated by Great Western Railway. History. The station was opened in 1849 by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway, which became part of the South Eastern Railway in 1852. It is from , and has two platforms. The eastbound platform 1 is long enough for a four-coach train, but the westbound platform 2 can accommodate seven coaches. In 1967, Quentin Crisp starred in the sixteen-minute film "The Even Tenour of her Ways , which was shot at this railway station. In 2017/18 and 2018/19, it was the least used station in Surrey, after patronage at Longcross increased. Services. The typical off-peak service on the North Downs Line is one train every two hours in each direction between and (extended to on Sundays, expect a one train each way Monday to Friday). Betchworth Quarry Railways. The station was particularly significant for its connection with the Betchworth Quarry railways, which were built to serve the Dorking Greystone Lime Company's three pits north of the station. The quarry railways had four different track gauges	Betchworth railway station
19529891	. The standard gauge part had a junction with the main line that passed close to Betchworth station, before reversing to run to the Eastern and Southern Kiln Batteries. A gauge railway system began there and primarily served the quarry with lines diverging to the Main, Upper Western Whitestone and Eastern Greystone Pits. The other gauges serving the works were the gauge line that ran from a standard gauge siding to the Hearthstone Mine, and a short gauge section of track that ran exclusively between the Eastern and Southern Kiln Batteries. The first engine to shunt on the standard gauge portion	Betchworth railway station
19529892	, Engine No. 1 of 1871, was unofficially named The Coffeepot". It is now preserved at Beamish Museum in County Durham. Another, "Captain Baxter" was renamed simply "Baxter" in 1947, the last engine ever to work the line, and the Rev. W.V. Awdry featured it in his book "Stepney the "Bluebell" Engine". "Baxter" is preserved on the Bluebell Railway and was returned to traffic for that railway's 50th anniversary. Two gauge locomotives were also preserved. "Townsend Hook", is at Amberley Chalk Pits Museum, undergoing reconstruction (as of October 2010) to become a static exhibit. "William Finlay", the sister engine of  Townsend Hook, is preserved in private ownership.