Slinfold railway station
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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. 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 box
es 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
). The station was demolished and a caravan park now stands on the site. Two LBSCR houses remain on the far side of the level crossing.
Cranleigh Line
The Cranleigh Line was a short railway line that connected Guildford, the county town of Surrey, with the West Sussex market town of Horsham, via Cranleigh, a distance of 19¼ miles...
which served the small village of Slinfold. The line was single-tracked and opened in 2 October 1865. 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
Brickworks
A brickworks also known as a brick factory, is a factory for the manufacturing of bricks, from clay or shale. Usually a brickworks is located on a clay bedrock often with a quarry for clay on site....
(later Duke & Ockendens) and a timber yard (later Randalls ladders). These and the nearby level crossing
Level crossing
A level crossing occurs where a railway line is intersected by a road or path onone level, without recourse to a bridge or tunnel. It is a type of at-grade intersection. The term also applies when a light rail line with separate right-of-way or reserved track crosses a road in the same fashion...
required three signal box
Signal box
On a rail transport system, signalling control is the process by which control is exercised over train movements by way of railway signals and block systems to ensure that trains operate safely, over the correct route and to the proper timetable...
es 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
Beeching Axe
The Beeching Axe or the Beeching Cuts are informal names for the British Government's attempt in the 1960s to reduce the cost of running British Railways, the nationalised railway system in the United Kingdom. The name is that of the main author of The Reshaping of British Railways, Dr Richard...
). The station was demolished and a caravan park now stands on the site. Two LBSCR houses remain on the far side of the level crossing.
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External links
- Slinfold railway station at Disused-Stations.org.uk
- "Cranleigh Line" website