Slinfold railway station was on the
Cranleigh Line and served the village of
Slinfold
Slinfold is a village and civil parish in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England.
Geography
The village is almost west of Horsham, just off the A29 road.
The parish covers . The 2001 Census recorded a population of 1,647 people living ...
in
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in South East England on the English Channel coast. The ceremonial county comprises the shire districts of Adur, Arun, Chichester, Horsham, and Mid Sussex, and the boroughs of Crawley and Worthing. Covering an ...
.
History
The line had a single track and opened on 2 October 1865.
[ The station had a single platform and a small goods yard facility. At one time it had three private sidings serving a ]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 (the most common material from which bricks are made), often with a quarry for ...
(later Duke and Ockendens) and a timber yard (later Randalls Ladders).
The line was closed in 1965 following '' The Reshaping of British Railways'' report of 1963. Slinfold station was demolished and a caravan park now stands on the site.LBSCR
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LB&SCR; known also as the Brighton line, the Brighton Railway or the Brighton) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1922. Its territory formed a rough triangle, with London at its ...
houses remain on the far side of the level crossing.
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See also
* List of closed railway stations in Britain
References
External links
Slinfold railway station
at Disused-Stations.org.uk
Cranleigh Line website
Disused railway stations in West Sussex
Former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway stations
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1865
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1965
Beeching closures in England
1865 establishments in England
1965 disestablishments in England
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