Steyning railway station

Steyning railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Steyning
gridref = TQ182114


caption =
manager = London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
owner = Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
locale = Steyning
borough = Horsham, West Sussex
platforms = 2
years = October 1861
events = Opened
years2 = 7 March 1966
events2 = Closed

Steyning was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the small town of Steyning. 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. [ [http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18254 British History Online] ] Other than passengers, the station's main traffic was animals, notably horses, for the Wednesday cattle market in Steyning.

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath. Nothing remains of the station today other than the name "Station Road", and its site is occupied by housing and the Steyning Bypass. [ [http://www.snowing.co.uk/sias/articles/branch_1.htm Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society] ]

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

References


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