Steyning railway station

Steyning
Location
Place	Steyning
Area	Horsham, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ182114
Operations
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
16 October 1861[1]	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed
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Steyning railway station was on the Steyning Line which served the small market town of Steyning.^[1]

Station opening and development

Steyning Railway Station, c. 1880

Steyning Station layout c. 1880

The arrival of the station accelerated residential development in the area and some houses were constructed by the railway contractor to the west of the station. Workshops constructed by the contractor survived as industrial units until their demolition after 1953.^[2] In addition to passengers, the station's main traffic was animals, notably horses, for the Wednesday cattle market in "Market Field".

The single-track line was doubled by 1879.^[1]

In 1912 the station master appointed by the LBSCR was Charles Holden, father of the future railway engineer and President of the Bluebell Railway Bernard Holden who also lived at the station-master's house.

Closed

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath.

Only the old warehouse building (view building), long since converted into townhouses remains of the station today aside from the name "Station Road", and its site is occupied by housing and the Steyning Bypass.^[3]

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

Coordinates: 50°53′22″N 0°19′17″W / 50.8895°N 0.3214°W / 50.8895; -0.3214