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THE
EPSOM DOWNS BRANCH
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Image reproduced with
kind permission of Ordnance
Survey
Click on
the station names for more information and images
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The
Epsom Downs branch (situated on the boundary of
the Surrey North Downs and
Greater London) branches off the mainline at Sutton, serving three stations
(Belmont, Banstead, and Epsom Downs) on a stretch of track
four miles in length. Since
1930 Sutton has been a junction for railway lines
leading into no less than five directions; the
complex array of tracks to the east of the
station form a Y-Junction for trains to and from
the Epsom Downs Branch.
Starting
point of the Epsom Downs Branch: platform 3 (up
line, left, to London) and platform 4 (down line,
right, to Epsom Downs) at Sutton (August 1992)
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SUTTON
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12
miles from London Victoria, Sutton
station opened to the public in May 1847
and became a junction with the opening of
the Epsom Downs branch in May 1865. More on Sutton
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BELMONT
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13-¾ miles from London
Victoria, Belmont station opened to the
public together with the entire branch in
May 1865. More on Belmont
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BANSTEAD
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14-¾ miles from London
Victoria, Banstead station opened to the
public together with the entire branch in
May 1865. More on Banstead
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EPSOM DOWNS
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16 miles from
London Victoria, the original Epsom Downs
station opened in May 1865, replaced by a
new and downsized station in February
1989 . More on Epsom Downs
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Train destination
display board
1992
Network SouthEast track diagram (simplified)
Track schematic used by
Network SouthEast in the 1980s for the South
London Lines
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Take a driver's view
trip on the Epsom Downs Branch,
from Sutton to Epsom Downs and return,
with this Network SouthEast route
training video
(orginally provided to train crews on a
VHS cassette)
Filmed
on 25th August 1990
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"She
felt hungry; at Sutton her appetite had been keen,
and meal-times were always welcome. She entered the
refreshment room, and with inward murmurs made a
repast which reminded her of the excellent luncheon
she might now have been enjoying. All the time, she
pondered her situation. Ultimately, instead of
booking for Victoria, she procured a ticket for Epsom
Downs, and had not long to wait for the train."
(George
Gissing, The Paying Guest, 1895)
"They
were hard at work there far into the night, and the
towering pillar of dense green smoke that rose
therefrom could be seen from the hills about Merrow,
and even, it is said, from Banstead and Epsom
Downs."
(H.G.Wells, The
War of the Worlds, 1898)
"They
dispersed therefore and joined the vast crowd which
was already assembling on the side of the hill and
covering the ridge with a dense mass of spectators.
The place was like Epsom Downs on the Derby
Day."
(Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle, When The World Screamed, 1929)
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last updated 11 October 2024
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