Slinfold railway station

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Slinfold
Location
Location	Slinfold, nr Broadbridge Heath
Area	Horsham, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ113310
Operations
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	1 [1]
History
2 October 1865 [1]	Opened
1962 [1]	Closed to freight
14 June 1965 [1]	Closed to passengers
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z
UK Railways Portal

Slinfold was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line which served the small village of Slinfold. The line was single-tracked and opened in 2 October 1865^[1]. The station was equipped with a single platform and a small goods yard facility. At one time it had three private sidings serving a brickworks (later Duke & Ockendens) and a timber yard (later Randalls ladders). These and the nearby level crossing required three signal boxes to control the traffic here.

The line closed to freight in 1962 and to passengers on 14 June 1965, a victim of the closure programme advocated by "The Reshaping of British Railways" report (the Beeching Axe). At the time of its closure, Slinfold carried 5,000 passengers a week and 5,000 tons of freight^[1]. The station was demolished and a caravan park now stands on the site^[2]. Two LBSCR houses remain on the far side of the level crossing.

Contents 1 Other stations 2 See also 3 External links 4 References

[edit] Other stations

• Guildford
• Bramley & Wonersh
• Cranleigh
• Baynards
• Rudgwick
• Christ's Hospital
• Horsham

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Rudgwick		British Rail Southern Region Guildford to Horsham Cranleigh Line		Christ's Hospital

[edit] See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

[edit] External links

• Slinfold railway station at Disused-Stations.org.uk
• "Cranleigh Line" website

[edit] References