Cranleigh railway station
Cranleigh | |
|---|---|
Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways | |
| Key dates | |
| 2 October 1865 | Opened as "Cranley" |
| 1867 | Renamed "Cranleigh" |
| 14 June 1965 | Closed |
Cranleigh was a railway station on the
in southern England.History
Opening in 1865 as "Cranley", its name was changed in 1867 to "Cranleigh" at the request of the
Postmaster General as imperfectly addressed letters to "Cranley" were often mistaken for "Crawley" and vice versa.[1]
A
Class V 4-4-0 "Schools Class" express passenger locomotive no. 936 was named after the school in 1935.[4][5]
Cranleigh had a substantial goods yard equipped with a large loading gantry. Inward freight consisted mainly of coal which was required, in particular, by the local gasworks, whilst goods outward was mainly timber.[6][7]
The line was closed in 1965 following Portsmouth Direct Line.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bramley & Wonersh Line and station closed |
Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway
|
Baynards Line and station closed |
Future
Studies of the feasibility of reopening the Guildford – Bramley – Cranleigh section of the line were completed in 1994, 1997 and 2009. The 1994 report concluded that the investment required would not justify reinstatement, but
benefit-cost ratio of 1.7 to 1 including capital costs.[10]
Other Cranleigh Line stations
- Guildford
- Bramley & Wonersh
- Baynards
- Rudgwick
- Slinfold
- Christs Hospital
- Horsham
See also
References
- ^ Mitchell & Smith 1982, Fig. 15.
- ^ a b Jackson 1999, pp. 59–61.
- ^ Jackson 1999, pp. 140–141.
- ^ Swift 2006, pp. 81, 93.
- ^ Winkworth 1982, pp. 29–30.
- ^ Welch 2006, p. 41.
- ^ Jackson 1999, pp. 191–192.
- ^ Oppitz 1988, p. 81.
- ^ Weir, Luke (30 November 2021) [20 November 2021]. "The lost Surrey railway stations and what they are now amid Boris Johnson's HS2 changes". Surrey Live. Retrieved 6 April 2023.
- Association of Train Operating Companies. June 2009. pp. 16, 18.
Sources
- Jackson, Alan A. (1999). The railway in Surrey. Penryn: Atlantic Transport. ISBN 0-90689-990-7.
- Oppitz, Leslie (1988). Surrey railways remembered. Reading: MRM. ISBN 1-85306-005-4.
- Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1982). Branch lines to Horsham. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-90652-002-9.
- Swift, Peter (2006). Maunsell 4-4-0 Schools Class. Locomotives in detail. Vol. 6. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-71103-178-9.
- Welch, Michael (2006). Southern branch lines. Harrow: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-306-9.
- Winkworth, D. W. (1982). The Schools 4-4-0s. Hemel Hempstead: George Allen & Unwin. ISBN 0-04385-095-2.
External links
- Cranleigh station on Subterranea Britannica
- Cranleigh station at cranleighrailway.info
- Schools Class Engine No. 936 - Cranleigh
- An evacuee's account of Cranleigh station
