Slinfold railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Slinfold
gridref = TQ113310


caption =
manager = London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Slinfold, nr Broadbridge Heath
borough = Horsham, West Sussex
platforms = 1 [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/slinfold/index.shtml Slinfold railway station] at Disused-Stations.org.uk - Nick Catford - Accessed 9 September 2007]
years = 2 October 1865
events = Opened
years2 = 1962
events2 = Closed to freight
years3 = 14 June 1965
events3 = Closed to passengers

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 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. The station was demolished and a caravan park now stands on the site [cite news | title=Slinfold Caravan Club Site | date= | url =http://www.caravanclub.co.uk/Planning+Your+trip/UK+Trips/Site+Search+and+Book/Club+Sites/Site+Detail.htm?csid=SLINFOLD | work =The Caravan Club | accessdate = 2008-01-13 ] . Two LBSCR houses remain on the far side of the level crossing.

Other stations

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

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/s/slinfold/index.shtml Slinfold railway station] at Disused-Stations.org.uk
* [http://www.cranleighrailway.info/ "Cranleigh Line" website]

References