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Steyning railway station was on the
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. In addition to passengers, the station's main traffic was animals, notably horses, for the Wednesday cattle market in "Market Field".
The single-track line was doubled by 1879.
In 1912 the station master appointed by the LBSCR was Charles Holden, father of the past President of the
view building
, long since converted into townhouses remains of the station today aside from the name "Station Road".
Steyning Line
The Steyning Line was a railway branch line that connected the West Sussex market town of Horsham with the port of Shoreham-by-Sea, with connections to Brighton. It was built by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, and opened in 1861. ...
which served the small market town of Steyning
Steyning ( ) is a town and civil parishes in England, civil parish in the Horsham District, Horsham district of West Sussex, England. It is located at the north end of the River Adur gap in the South Downs, four miles (6.4 km) north of the ...
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Station opening and development
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. In addition to passengers, the station's main traffic was animals, notably horses, for the Wednesday cattle market in "Market Field".
The single-track line was doubled by 1879.
In 1912 the station master appointed by the LBSCR was Charles Holden, father of the past President of the Bluebell Railway
The Bluebell Railway is an heritage line almost entirely in West Sussex in England, except for Sheffield Park which is in East Sussex. It is managed by the Bluebell Railway Preservation Society. It uses steam trains which operate between an ...
Bernard Holden
Bernard John Holden MBE (15 March 1908 – 4 October 2012) was an English railway engineer and manager with Southern and British Railways and a founding father of standard gauge railway preservation in the United Kingdom. He was President of the ...
who also lived at the station-master's house.
Closed
The station closed as a result of theBeeching Axe
The Beeching cuts (also Beeching Axe) was a plan to increase the efficiency of the nationalised railway system in Great Britain. The plan was outlined in two reports: ''The Reshaping of British Railways'' (1963) and ''The Development of the ...
in 1966 and was demolished soon after closure. The site is now occupied by the new alignment of the A283 Steyning-by-pass.
Only the old warehouse buildingview building
, long since converted into townhouses remains of the station today aside from the name "Station Road".
See also
*List of closed railway stations in Britain
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