 It is on the North Downs Line, measured from via .The station was opened by the Reading, Guildford and Reigate Railway on 20 August 1849, and was originally named "Gomshall and Shere Heath"; it was renamed "Gomshall and Sheire" in March 1850, and "Gomshall and Shere" in September 1852.On 12 May 1980, the name was simplified to "Gomshall".