Bramber railway station

Bramber railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Bramber
gridref = TQ186104


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

Bramber was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Bramber. The station was patronised by tourists visiting nearby Bramber Castle, Potter's Museum and the many tea gardens in the village. In order to accommodate the special excursion trains visiting the village, the station platforms were extra long. [ [http://www.100megsfree.com/hhg/page3.html Henfield History Group] ]

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath. Little remains of the station today, which now forms part of a traffic roundabout and the adjoining 'Bramber Garden Nursery'; however a complete station namesign, with individually carved wooden letters, has been preserved within the public area of the nursery. [ [http://www.snowing.co.uk/sias/articles/branch_1.htm Sussex Industrial Archaeological Society] ] [ [http://www.towers.w-sussex.sch.uk/news/Towers%20News%20Christmas%202003.pdf The Towers Convent School] ]

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See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

References


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