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<div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.1</span> <span>Post-closure</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Post-closure_2-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-1980s_and_1990s" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s_and_1990s"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.2</span> <span>1980s and 1990s</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980s_and_1990s-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Connex" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Connex"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.3</span> <span>Connex</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Connex-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-2008_feasibility_study" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#2008_feasibility_study"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4</span> <span>2008 feasibility study</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-2008_feasibility_study-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Central_Rail_Corridor_Board" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Central_Rail_Corridor_Board"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.1</span> <span>Central Rail Corridor Board</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Central_Rail_Corridor_Board-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Final_report" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Final_report"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.2</span> <span>Final report</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Final_report-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Criticism" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-3"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Criticism"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">7.4.3</span> 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class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/East_Coastway_line" title="East Coastway line">East Coastway line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Brighton_railway_station" title="Brighton railway station">Brighton</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/BSicon_exSTRl.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRZo"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BSicon_exKRZo.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRZo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BSicon_exKRZo.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRZo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/BSicon_exKRZo.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRZo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="xSHI4g+lq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg/20px-BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg/30px-BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg/40px-BSicon_xSHI4g%2Blq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="XBHF-Lq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg/20px-BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg/30px-BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg/40px-BSicon_XBHF-Lq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BSicon_STR%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_STR%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BSicon_STR%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_STR%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/BSicon_STR%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_STR%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Lewes_railway_station" title="Lewes railway station">Lewes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">Lewes Viaduct</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">over <a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Sussex" title="River Ouse, Sussex">River Ouse</a></td></tr></tbody></table>  (demolished 1969)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRW+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TUNNEL1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/20px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/30px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/40px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Lewes Tunnel</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Sussex" title="River Ouse, Sussex">River Ouse</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTRq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BSicon_exSTRq.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTRq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BSicon_exSTRq.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTRq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/BSicon_exSTRq.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTRq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/58/BSicon_eABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Hamsey Loop</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/East_Coastway_line" title="East Coastway line">East Coastway line</a> spur</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Wivelsfield_railway_station" title="Wivelsfield railway station">Wivelsfield</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWgl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_exKRWgl.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWgl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_exKRWgl.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWgl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/BSicon_exKRWgl.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWgl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRW+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRW%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Culver Junction</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uexWMILL R"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg/20px-BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg/30px-BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/87/BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg/40px-BSicon_uexWMILL_R.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKBSTaq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg/20px-BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg/30px-BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg/40px-BSicon_exKBSTaq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_exABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_exABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_exABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Barcombe Mills</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exHST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/20px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/30px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/BSicon_exHST.svg/40px-BSicon_exHST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Barcombe_Mills_railway_station" title="Barcombe Mills railway station">Barcombe Mills</a> <div class="RMsi">(closed 1969)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBUE"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/20px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/30px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/40px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exCONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead_railway_station" title="East Grinstead railway station">East Grinstead</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Sussex" title="River Ouse, Sussex">River Ouse</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Iron River</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKDSTeq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/20px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/30px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg/40px-BSicon_exKDSTeq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Isfield Army Camp</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBUE"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/20px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/30px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/40px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFxa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Lavender_Line" title="Lavender Line"><img alt="Lavender Line" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/15px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/23px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKHSTxe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg/20px-BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg/30px-BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg/40px-BSicon_eKHSTxe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/w/index.php?title=Little_Horsted_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Little Horsted railway station (page does not exist)">Little Horsted</a> <div class="RMsi">(proposed)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/River_Uck" title="River Uck">River Uck</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exhKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_exhKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/River_Uck" title="River Uck">River Uck</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR; RP2q"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/BSicon_RP2q.svg/20px-BSicon_RP2q.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/BSicon_RP2q.svg/30px-BSicon_RP2q.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/BSicon_RP2q.svg/40px-BSicon_RP2q.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exSTR; RP2q"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/20px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/30px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c3/BSicon_exSTR.svg/40px-BSicon_exSTR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/A22_road" title="A22 road">A22</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exmABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/00/BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exmABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uexCONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_uexCONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Railway" title="Ouse Valley Railway">Ouse Valley Railway</a></i> (not completed)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/20px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/30px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/BSicon_exBHF.svg/40px-BSicon_exBHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a> <div class="RMsi">(1st site 1858–1991)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exBUE"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/20px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/30px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_exBUE.svg/40px-BSicon_exBUE.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFxa"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/07/BSicon_KBHFxa.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFxa.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="hKRZWae"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/20px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/30px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f3/BSicon_hKRZWae.svg/40px-BSicon_hKRZWae.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><a href="/wiki/River_Uck" title="River Uck">River Uck</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="uexCONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_uexCONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="emABZgr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_emABZgr.svg/20px-BSicon_emABZgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_emABZgr.svg/30px-BSicon_emABZgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/33/BSicon_emABZgr.svg/40px-BSicon_emABZgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><i><a href="/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Railway" title="Ouse Valley Railway">Ouse Valley Railway</a></i> (not built)</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Buxted_railway_station" title="Buxted railway station">Buxted</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BRÜCKE2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/20px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/30px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/40px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Greenhurst Viaduct (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">185 yd</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">169 m</td></tr></tbody></table> )</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BRÜCKE2"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/20px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/30px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg/40px-BSicon_BR%C3%9CCKE2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Sleeches Viaduct (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">183 yd</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">167 m</td></tr></tbody></table> )</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TUNNEL1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/20px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/30px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d7/BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg/40px-BSicon_TUNNEL1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Crowborough Tunnel (<link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">1022 yd</td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit">935 m</td></tr></tbody></table> )</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="HST"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/20px-BSicon_HST.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/30px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d0/BSicon_HST.svg/40px-BSicon_HST.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Crowborough_railway_station" title="Crowborough railway station">Crowborough</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTg"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/df/BSicon_exCONTg.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTg.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Cuckoo_Line" title="Cuckoo Line">Cuckoo Line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Polegate_railway_station" title="Polegate railway station">Polegate</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRWl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BSicon_exKRWl.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRWl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRWg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Redgate Mill Junction</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="ev-SHI2gr"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg/20px-BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg/30px-BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg/40px-BSicon_ev-SHI2gr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="vKINTxa-INT"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg/20px-BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg/30px-BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/91/BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg/40px-BSicon_vKINTxa-INT.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RMd"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Eridge_railway_station" title="Eridge railway station">Eridge</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/National_Rail" title="National Rail"><img alt="National Rail" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/12px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/18px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/National_Rail_logo.svg/24px-National_Rail_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="62" data-file-height="39" /></a></span> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway"><img alt="Spa Valley Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/15px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/23px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRW+l; BS2+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f1/BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_BS2%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exKRW+l; BS2+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_exKRW%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><div class="RMov"><div class="RMic"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWgr; BS2c4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_BS2c4.svg/20px-BSicon_BS2c4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_BS2c4.svg/30px-BSicon_BS2c4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/BSicon_BS2c4.svg/40px-BSicon_BS2c4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eKRWgr; BS2c4"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_eKRWgr.svg/20px-BSicon_eKRWgr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_eKRWgr.svg/30px-BSicon_eKRWgr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d2/BSicon_eKRWgr.svg/40px-BSicon_eKRWgr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Birchden Junction</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+l"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/83/BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Bl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZg+r"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZg%2Br.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Groombridge Junction & Ashurst Junction</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZgl"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/BSicon_eABZgl.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZgl.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/BSicon_eABZgl.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZgl.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ee/BSicon_eABZgl.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZgl.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exCONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/BSicon_exCONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_exCONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges_to_Tunbridge_Wells_Central_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line">Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells Central Line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges_railway_station" title="Three Bridges railway station">Three Bridges</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="STR"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/20px-BSicon_STR.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/30px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/BSicon_STR.svg/40px-BSicon_STR.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTf"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d1/BSicon_CONTf.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTf.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Oxted_line" title="Oxted line">Oxted line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">London Victoria</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHF"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/20px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/30px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/76/BSicon_BHF.svg/40px-BSicon_BHF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Groombridge_railway_station" title="Groombridge railway station">Groombridge</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway"><img alt="Spa Valley Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/15px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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href="/wiki/High_Rocks_railway_station" title="High Rocks railway station">High Rocks</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway"><img alt="Spa Valley Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/15px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/23px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="KBHFxe"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_KBHFxe.svg/20px-BSicon_KBHFxe.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_KBHFxe.svg/30px-BSicon_KBHFxe.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_KBHFxe.svg/40px-BSicon_KBHFxe.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_West_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells West railway station">Tunbridge Wells West</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway"><img alt="Spa Valley Railway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/15px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/23px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/BSicon_lDAMPF.svg/30px-BSicon_lDAMPF.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="exTUNNEL1"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg/20px-BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg/30px-BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg/40px-BSicon_exTUNNEL1.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div class="RM_"></div><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi">Grove Tunnel</div> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTgq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/BSicon_CONTgq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTgq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="eABZql"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_eABZql.svg/20px-BSicon_eABZql.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_eABZql.svg/30px-BSicon_eABZql.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/BSicon_eABZql.svg/40px-BSicon_eABZql.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="TUNNEL2q"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg/20px-BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg/30px-BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d5/BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg/40px-BSicon_TUNNEL2q.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="BHFq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/20px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/30px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/BSicon_BHFq.svg/40px-BSicon_BHFq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div><div><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File"><span title="CONTfq"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/20px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="20" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/30px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a5/BSicon_CONTfq.svg/40px-BSicon_CONTfq.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="500" data-file-height="500" /></span></span></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells railway station">Tunbridge Wells</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td class="RMl" colspan="2"> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td class="RMir"><div class="RM_"></div> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td class="RMr" colspan="2"><div class="RMsi"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1249493202"> <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="RMsplit" style="text-align:inherit;font-style:italic;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:105%"><a href="/wiki/Hastings_line" title="Hastings line">Hastings line</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:inherit;padding:0;line-height:.9;font-size:inherit;font-style:italic">to <a href="/wiki/Hastings_railway_station" title="Hastings railway station">Hastings</a> & <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_railway_station" title="Tonbridge railway station">Tonbridge</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="padding:0 3px 0 0;"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMl1"> </td> <td> </td> <td class="RMr1"> </td> <td> </td> <td style="padding:0 0 0 3px;"> </td></tr></tbody></table> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Wealden Line</b><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a partly abandoned <a href="/wiki/Double_track" class="mw-redirect" title="Double track">double track</a> railway line in <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a> that connected <a href="/wiki/Lewes" title="Lewes">Lewes</a> with <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a>, a distance of 25.25 miles (40.64 km). The line takes its name from the <a href="/wiki/Weald" title="Weald">Weald</a>, the hilly landscape the lies between the <a href="/wiki/North_Downs" title="North Downs">North</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_Downs" title="South Downs">South Downs</a>. </p><p>The line is essentially composed of three sections: in the south, from <a href="/wiki/Lewes_railway_station" title="Lewes railway station">Lewes</a> to <a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a> closed on 4 May 1969; from Uckfield to Eridge remains open as part of the <a href="/wiki/Oxted_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Oxted Line">Oxted Line</a> from <a href="/wiki/Eridge_railway_station" title="Eridge railway station">Eridge</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells railway station">Tunbridge Wells Central</a> closed on 8 July 1985; </p><p>The section between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells West re-opened under the auspices of the <a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway">Spa Valley Railway</a>, whilst the <a href="/wiki/Lavender_Line" title="Lavender Line">Lavender Line</a> has revived <a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield Station</a> on the southern section with about one mile of track towards Uckfield. There has been a concerted campaign since 1986 led by the Wealden Line Campaign to have the whole line re-opened between Lewes and Tunbridge Wells Central to passengers, but a 2008 study concluded that it would be "economically unviable".<sup id="cite_ref-CentralRail_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CentralRail-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Authorisation">Authorisation</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Authorisation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Authorisation for the construction of a line from <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hastings" title="Hastings">Hastings</a> via <a href="/wiki/Lewes" title="Lewes">Lewes</a> was obtained by the Brighton, Uckfield & Tunbridge Wells Railway in 1844, sponsored by the <a href="/wiki/London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" title="London, Brighton and South Coast Railway">London, Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> (LBSCR), with the passing of the Brighton, Lewes and Hastings Railway Act (7 & 8 Vict. c. xci.). However, no works were commenced and another company, the Lewes and Uckfield Railway Company, was incorporated and secured on 27 July 1856 the passing of an Act to construct a line covering the 7.5 miles (12.1 km) to <a href="/wiki/Uckfield" title="Uckfield">Uckfield</a> from a point 1.5 miles (2.4 km) north of Lewes to be known as <i>Uckfield Junction</i>, on the LBSCR's Keymer Junction to Lewes line.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969497_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969497-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Attracted by the prospect of extra patronage on its coastal line, with which Lewes had been linked in 1846, the LBSCR supported the company's proposals and a connection linking Lewes to Uckfield was opened on 11 October 1858 to goods, with passengers one week later. The line, much of it through low-lying meadows, was easy to build and required only three minor <a href="/wiki/Cutting_(transportation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cutting (transportation)">cuttings</a> and a number of bridges including one over the <a href="/wiki/Ouse_Navigation" class="mw-redirect" title="Ouse Navigation">Ouse Navigation</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourse197473–74_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourse197473–74-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The initial service consisted of five trains each way on weekdays and three on Sundays. A four-horse coach service ran between Tunbridge Wells and Uckfield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969497_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969497-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kent_Railways.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kent_Railways.svg/220px-Kent_Railways.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="144" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kent_Railways.svg/330px-Kent_Railways.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4e/Kent_Railways.svg/440px-Kent_Railways.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1839" data-file-height="1207" /></a><figcaption>The Wealden Line in relation to other railway lines in Kent</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Realignment">Realignment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Realignment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The LBSCR absorbed the Lewes and Uckfield Railway Company in 1864 and in the same year obtained authorisation to build a new line 3 miles (4.8 km) long running almost parallel with the Keymer Jn to Lewes Line, which enabled the line from Uckfield to obtain independent access to Lewes without passing through the Lewes Tunnel. This struck out at a right angle from the Uckfield line about a quarter of a mile east of <a href="/wiki/Hamsey" title="Hamsey">Hamsey</a>, and approached Lewes from a northerly direction. Designed by the LBSCR's Chief Engineer <a href="/wiki/Frederick_Banister" title="Frederick Banister">Frederick Banister</a>, it was more heavily engineered requiring embankments and bridges before joining the Brighton to Hastings line east of <a href="/wiki/Lewes_railway_station" title="Lewes railway station">Lewes station</a>. It enabled trains to be heading in the direction for Brighton, and obviated the need for locomotives to be turned. This section opened on 1 October 1868, part of the original connection to Uckfield Junction closing as a consequence.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite199292_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite199292-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Extension_to_Tunbridge_Wells_West">Extension to Tunbridge Wells West</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Extension to Tunbridge Wells West"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Lewes-Uckfield line was extended north by Banister to <a href="/wiki/Eridge" class="mw-redirect" title="Eridge">Eridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells" class="mw-redirect" title="Tunbridge Wells">Tunbridge Wells</a> in 1868, ostensibly to counter a threat by the <a href="/wiki/London,_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway" title="London, Chatham and Dover Railway">London, Chatham and Dover Railway</a>, which had proposed a line from <a href="/wiki/Beckenham" title="Beckenham">Beckenham</a> to Brighton. The rights to construct this line had been granted to the Brighton, Uckfield & Tunbridge Wells Railway in 1861, but were purchased by the LBSCR before completion.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite198750–51_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite198750–51-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Construction had already commenced in 1863 on the single track from <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_West_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells West railway station">Tunbridge Wells West</a> to the new Groombridge Junction, and this was opened on 1 October 1866. The completion of the line south to Uckfield had to wait until 3 August 1868 due to the major structural work involved. Most notably, Banister had to oversee the construction of Rotherfield (later Crowborough) Tunnel (1,022 yards (935 m)) beneath the ridge of the Wealden Heights, and the Sleeches and Greenhurst viaducts between <a href="/wiki/Crowborough" title="Crowborough">Crowborough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buxted" title="Buxted">Buxted</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969498_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969498-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The LBSCR's desire to block any possible approach to Brighton even if this meant routing the line through areas with little traffic potential is shown by the provision of only three stations in the 12.25 miles (19.71 km) between Uckfield and <a href="/wiki/Groombridge" title="Groombridge">Groombridge</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourse197479–80_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourse197479–80-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <i>Sussex Advertiser</i> reported on 5 August 1868 that the first train departed the LBSCR's station at Tunbridge Wells at 6.04 am for Uckfield, Lewes and Brighton with approximately 40 persons having booked tickets.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969498_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969498-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Doubling_and_non-electrification">Doubling and non-electrification</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Doubling and non-electrification"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A single line link to the <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="South Eastern Railway (UK)">South Eastern Railway</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells railway station">Tunbridge Wells station</a> was opened to passengers in 1876. The line from Uckfield was double tracked in 1894 and the completion of the <a href="/wiki/Withyham" title="Withyham">Withyham</a> <a href="/wiki/Spur_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Spur line">spur</a> between <a href="/wiki/Ashurst_(Kent)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Ashurst (Kent) railway station">Ashurst</a> and Birchden Junction enabled London services to run through to Uckfield or down the Cuckoo Line without reversing at Groombridge. However, little use was made until 1914.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourse197480_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourse197480-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The spur completed what was called the Outer Circle line, which provided an alternative route between Brighton and London via Oxted. The line was also the only subsidiary cross-country double line in <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex" title="East Sussex">East Sussex</a> and, as it did not figure in <a href="/wiki/Southern_Railway_(Great_Britain)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern Railway (Great Britain)">Southern Railway's</a> electrification programme in the 1930s, it was the last steam-operated line in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969500_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969500-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Route_of_the_line">Route of the line</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Route of the line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line left Lewes immediately to the east of the station, curving sharply north for approximately 200 yards (180 m) on a short 1:60 gradient, crossing a <a href="/wiki/Girder_bridge" title="Girder bridge">girder bridge</a> over goods lines and a second bridge over Cliffe High Street. Continuing on an embankment, Lewes Viaduct carried the line over the <a href="/wiki/River_Ouse,_Sussex" title="River Ouse, Sussex">River Ouse</a>. The river and its tributaries were crossed a further seven times before the line reached Uckfield. The line then turned east of Hamsey village and followed the valley of the river, passing the signalbox at Culver Junction (3.25 miles (5.23 km)) where the line to <a href="/wiki/Horsted_Keynes_railway_station" title="Horsted Keynes railway station">Horsted Keynes</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead_railway_station" title="East Grinstead railway station">East Grinstead</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Bluebell_Railway" title="Bluebell Railway">Bluebell Railway</a>) branched off, and rose gently to <a href="/wiki/Barcombe_Mills_railway_station" title="Barcombe Mills railway station">Barcombe Mills</a> (3.75 miles (6.04 km)), originally Barcombe. This station was once popular with anglers, who descended in large numbers on the nearby River Ouse during bank holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969498_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969498-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line continued to Isfield (5.75 miles (9.25 km)) before reaching Uckfield (8.5 miles (13.7 km)). The LBSCR had once planned to construct a further line through Uckfield, the <a href="/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Railway" title="Ouse Valley Railway">Ouse Valley Railway</a>, which would have connected <a href="/wiki/Balcombe_railway_station" title="Balcombe railway station">Balcombe</a> with <a href="/wiki/Hailsham_railway_station" title="Hailsham railway station">Hailsham</a>. The plan was abandoned in 1868 due to a lack of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969499_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969499-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Departing Uckfield, the line continues to Buxted (10¾ miles) and then passes over Greenhurst Viaduct (10 brick arches, 185 yards (169 m) (11.75 miles (18.91 km)), followed by Sleeches Viaduct (11 brick arches, 183 yards (167 m)) one mile further on. The line rises sharply on a 1:75 gradient and enters Crowborough Tunnel, which took its present name on 1 May 1897. Reaching Crowborough (Rotherfield until 1880, Crowborough until 1897, then Crowborough & Jarvis Brook) (15.25 miles (24.54 km)), the line reaches its highest point, more than 300 ft above sea level. Descending on a 1:75 gradient, it reaches Redgate Mill Junction (17.75 miles (28.57 km)) and then Eridge (19.25 miles (30.98 km)). At Birchden Junction (20 miles (32 km)), it heads east passing Groombridge Junction (20.75 miles (33.39 km)) and Groombridge (21.25 miles (34.20 km)), rising gradually to Tunbridge Wells West (25.25 miles (40.64 km)).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEStones1969499_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEStones1969499-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="The_line's_heyday"><span id="The_line.27s_heyday"></span>The line's heyday</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: The line's heyday"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The line probably enjoyed its best and most popular period in the 1930s when regular services enabled passengers to travel from <a href="/wiki/Brighton_railway_station" title="Brighton railway station">Brighton</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_railway_station" title="Tonbridge railway station">Tonbridge</a>, changing at <a href="/wiki/Eridge_railway_station" title="Eridge railway station">Eridge</a> for services from <a href="/wiki/Eastbourne_railway_station" title="Eastbourne railway station">Eastbourne</a>, with direct trains to <a href="/wiki/London_Bridge_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Bridge railway station">London Bridge</a> and <a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Victoria railway station">London Victoria</a> via <a href="/wiki/East_Croydon_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="East Croydon railway station">East Croydon</a>. There was also a daily through service linking with Brighton, <a href="/wiki/Maidstone_West_railway_station" title="Maidstone West railway station">Maidstone West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chatham_railway_station,_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham railway station, Medway">Chatham</a> in the east and <a href="/wiki/Redhill_railway_station" title="Redhill railway station">Redhill</a> and <a href="/wiki/Reading_railway_station" title="Reading railway station">Reading</a> in the west.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOppitz200130_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOppitz200130-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Reduction of services was necessary during the Second World War, but many extras were run, including special non-stop "workmen's trains" which operated between London, <a href="/wiki/Crowborough_railway_station" title="Crowborough railway station">Crowborough and Jarvis Brook</a> and <a href="/wiki/Mayfield_railway_station" title="Mayfield railway station">Mayfield</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith19862_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith19862-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After the war passenger numbers were still rising, tempted by the frequent services and competitive prices. Even in 1969, travelling by rail was cheaper than going by bus: a return rail ticket from Barcombe Mills to Brighton cost 2 shillings, whilst the bus fare was 11d more expensive.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Decline">Decline</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Decline"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1956 the <a href="/wiki/Southern_Region_of_British_Railways" title="Southern Region of British Railways">British Railways, Southern Region</a> moved to replace the complicated and inconsistent timetable with a regular hourly service, with additional trains at peak hours. <a href="/wiki/Diesel-electric_locomotive#Diesel-electric" class="mw-redirect" title="Diesel-electric locomotive">Diesel-electric units</a> appeared on the line in 1962, running to the steam timetable. The through service linking the <a href="/wiki/Medway_Towns" class="mw-redirect" title="Medway Towns">Medway Towns</a> to Brighton via Maidstone and Tonbridge was reduced to a Tonbridge to Brighton service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECourse197480_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECourse197480-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1964 a new timetable made travelling difficult by imposing long waits for connections: this policy of <a href="/wiki/Closure_by_stealth" title="Closure by stealth">closure by stealth</a> was a ploy to reduce passengers as British Railways was keen to close the section from <a href="/wiki/Hurst_Green_railway_station" title="Hurst Green railway station">Hurst Green</a> to Lewes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith19862_13-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMitchellSmith19862-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In its last years of operation, the Uckfield to Lewes line saw an hourly off-peak service on weekdays, two-hourly on Sundays from Oxted to Lewes. During rush hours, the service was supplemented by trains from <a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_station" title="London Victoria station">Victoria</a> to Brighton via Hurst Green. </p><p>On Sunday, 23 February 1969, the last day of operation, the last trains left Lewes and Uckfield at 20.46 and 20.42 respectively. There was little public interest and no organised demonstrations took place to mark the occasion. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Closure">Closure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uckfield_–_Lewes"><span id="Uckfield_.E2.80.93_Lewes"></span>Uckfield – Lewes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Uckfield – Lewes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lewes_Relief_Road">Lewes Relief Road</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Lewes Relief Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg/150px-Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="112" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg/225px-Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg/300px-Phoenix_Causeway_Bridge.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>Phoenix Causeway Bridge</figcaption></figure> <p>The future of the Lewes-Uckfield line was in doubt from 1964 when stage one of the <a href="/wiki/A26_road" title="A26 road">Lewes Relief Road</a>, a scheme to ease congestion in Lewes, was approved by the <a href="/wiki/Conservative_Party_(UK)" title="Conservative Party (UK)">Conservative</a> <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Minister of Transport</a> <a href="/wiki/Ernest_Marples" title="Ernest Marples">Ernest Marples</a> with a 75% grant towards the £350,000 costs.<sup id="cite_ref-Wealdenlink_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wealdenlink-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This involved the construction of the Phoenix Causeway bridge to Cliffe High Street, the path of which was blocked by the embankment carrying the Lewes to Uckfield line. Were the railway to remain open, another road bridge or <a href="/wiki/Level_crossing" title="Level crossing">level crossing</a> would be required at a cost of £135,000; East Sussex County Council was also against bridging the line on the grounds of "design and amenity".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._26_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._26-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To facilitate the road scheme, the <a href="/wiki/British_Railways_Board" title="British Railways Board">British Railways Board</a> (BRB) agreed to close the Lewes-Uckfield line and to reactivate the 'Hamsey Loop', the previous alignment of the line abandoned in 1868 in favour of a more direct route, at the Council's expense if needed.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._26_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._26-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Approval for this plan was granted by section 4 of the British Railways Act 1966 which permitted: </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1244412712">.mw-parser-output .templatequote{overflow:hidden;margin:1em 0;padding:0 32px}.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{line-height:1.5em;text-align:left;margin-top:0}@media(min-width:500px){.mw-parser-output .templatequotecite{padding-left:1.6em}}</style><blockquote class="templatequote"><p>A railway (1,586 yards in length) wholly in the parish of Hamsey in the rural district of Chailey commencing by a junction with the railway between Lewes and Cooksbridge at a point 365 yards south of Hamsey level crossing and terminating by a junction with the railway between Lewes and Eridge at a point 425 yards north-east of the bridge carrying last-mentioned railway over the river Ouse.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The new route would cost £95,000 to construct, and a request for funding was submitted to Parliament in 1966. This was turned down and the strategic function of the Uckfield line as a link to the south coast was effectively lost. BRB saw little further use for the line and applied for its abandonment.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="BRB_1966_Network_for_Development_Plans">BRB 1966 Network for Development Plans</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: BRB 1966 Network for Development Plans"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It was in 1966 that the Network for Development Plans were issued by Barbara Castle, the Labour Minister of Transport, following a study. Lines that were remunerative, such as the main trunk routes and some secondary lines, would be developed. Those that failed to meet the financial criterion but served a social need were to be retained and subsidised under the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1968" title="Transport Act 1968">Transport Act 1968</a>. The problem would be for lines that were not in the above categories, which could be candidates for closure as they did not form part of the basic railway network. The Hurst Green to Lewes line was one of those that fell into this category. It was a line that carried considerable traffic, and perhaps made a small profit, but it did not meet the government's social, economic and commercial criteria for retention. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Closure_announcement">Closure announcement</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Closure announcement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 1966, BRB gave notice to <a href="/wiki/Barbara_Castle" title="Barbara Castle">Castle</a> under Section 54 of the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1962" title="Transport Act 1962">Transport Act 1962</a> of its intention to close the line from Hurst Green junction to Lewes.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Detailed memoranda were presented relating to the availability of alternative public transport, and statistics as to the usage of the line.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The section proposed for closure had figured in the first <a href="/wiki/Beeching_Report" class="mw-redirect" title="Beeching Report">Beeching Report</a> as an 'unremunerative line'. </p><p>Pursuant to Section 56 of the Act, the Minister agreed to publication of the Notice for Closure, which was published in September 1966, followed in December by a notice inviting objections.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10_18-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> East Sussex County Council responded in February 1967 with a memorandum pointing out that closure would affect an area in which the population was likely to almost double by 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10_18-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._10-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Public_enquiry">Public enquiry</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Public enquiry"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The number of objections received was almost 3,000 and triggered the requirement under the Transport Act 1962 to hold a public enquiry, at which the merits of the proposal would be examined by the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1962#Transport_consultative_committees" title="Transport Act 1962">South Eastern Transport Users' Consultative Committee</a> (TUCC). This was held in April 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._11_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._11-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the enquiry objectors against closure successfully employed, for the first time, the <a href="/wiki/Department_for_Transport" title="Department for Transport">Ministry of Transport's</a> own <a href="/wiki/Cost-benefit_analysis" class="mw-redirect" title="Cost-benefit analysis">cost-benefit analysis</a>, by which the viability of new motorways was measured by calculating the "income" of the road (i.e. its benefit to users and the rest of the network in terms of saved time, fuel etc.) less the costs of its construction and maintenance, to show that the closure of the line would result in 712,000 wasted travelling hours at a cost of around £570,000 per annum.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994184–185_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994184–185-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This figure was in contrast to the loss of £276,000 that British Railways was claiming the railway line was losing.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994184–185_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994184–185-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The TUCC presented its report to Castle in June 1967 and recommended against closure of the line, pointing out the "very severe hardship" which would be suffered by those who used it to travel to London.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._12_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to the report, this hardship could not be alleviated other than by retaining the lines proposed to be closed as it arose not from lack of alternative bus services, existing or proposed, but from the inherent advantages of the railway to those who use it.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._12_21-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._12-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Reconsideration_by_the_Minister">Reconsideration by the Minister</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Reconsideration by the Minister"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The TUCC report prompted the Minister to revisit her decision and she met the BRB to determine whether alternatives existed to the closure of the entire section.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._13_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._13-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> They examined whether the necessary savings could be made by operating on a single track, rationalising the service or keeping the line open with the exception of the Lewes to Uckfield connection.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._13_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._13-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The conclusion was reached that although a complete closure would involve "substantial inconvenience" rather than "outright hardship", this was outweighed by the high cost of retaining the service, including the reconstruction of the Hamsey Loop.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._14_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._14-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following Castle's departure from office on 6 April 1968, her successor, <a href="/wiki/Richard_Marsh,_Baron_Marsh" title="Richard Marsh, Baron Marsh">Richard Marsh</a>, re-examined the proposed closure in the light of the Government's new policy for the organisation and financing of public transport in the London area set out in the July 1968 <i><a href="/wiki/White_Paper" class="mw-redirect" title="White Paper">White Paper</a> on Transport for London</i> (Cmd. 3686), which proposed that London commuter area services would be jointly managed as a network by the BRB and the <a href="/wiki/Greater_London_Council" title="Greater London Council">Greater London Council</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._15_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._15-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Under the proposals, no subsidy would be paid by the Minister to BRB where a rail closure was refused: the loss would be taken into consideration when fixing financial objectives and levels of service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._15_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._15-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In consultation with the BRB, Marsh decided that the section from Hurst Green junction to Uckfield, and Eridge to Tunbridge Wells, was within the London commuter area and could be kept open.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._16_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._16-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the line south of Uckfield would close provided that five additional bus services from Lewes and two from Uckfield were provided, together with an extra school bus from Lewes in the afternoon.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Marsh explained in a letter to BRB dated 16 August 1968, the "hardship" caused by the closure of the line north could be alleviated by the provision of buses.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._17_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._17-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He invited the BRB to apply for an unremunerative railway grant for the rest of the line, a new subsidy which would shortly be introduced by Section 39 of the <a href="/wiki/Transport_Act_1968" title="Transport Act 1968">Transport Act 1968</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An unremunerative railway grant was awarded and the Minister formally refused consent to close the section from Hurst Green junction to Uckfield on 1 January 1969, whilst authorising closure of the 10 miles between Uckfield and Lewes and the section between Ashurst Junction and Groombridge Junction.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._18_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._18-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Avoiding the reconstruction of the Hamsey Loop would save on costs and allow the Lewes Relief Road scheme to be speeded up.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._16_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._16-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Extra_bus_services">Extra bus services</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Extra bus services"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Southdown_Motor_Services" title="Southdown Motor Services">Southdown Motors</a> operated three bus services at the time: no. 19 between Newick and Lewes via Barcombe Cross, and nos. 119 and 122 between Lewes and Uckfield via the <a href="/wiki/A26_road" title="A26 road">A26</a> with a stop at Barcombe Lane.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a condition of the Minister's consent to closure, additional bus services were laid on from August 1968.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19_30-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> No. 122 additionally called at Isfield Station and provided an hourly service to and from Uckfield, but no. 119 departed Uckfield two minutes before the incoming rail service arrived.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19_30-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._19-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Barcombe Mills and Isfield stations remained open to sell tickets. However, as the buses were unable to negotiate the narrow winding road to Barcombe Mills, they stopped one mile short of the station: BRB laid on taxis to ferry passengers to the bus stop, but passengers first had to walk to the station to buy their tickets.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOppitz200131_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOppitz200131-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The bus company applied for licences to operate the extra services beyond the closure of the line, and their applications were referred to the <a href="/wiki/Traffic_Commissioners_for_Great_Britain" title="Traffic Commissioners for Great Britain">South East Area Traffic Commissioners</a> whose approval for new bus services was required under the <a href="/wiki/Road_Traffic_Act_1930" title="Road Traffic Act 1930">Road Traffic Act 1930</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the meantime, BRB announced that the last day of service between Uckfield and Lewes would be 6 January 1969 and issued a revised timetable showing the service to Lewes as withdrawn subject to the approval for the bus services. On 11 November 1968, it informed the Ministry that the new timetable would be introduced regardless of the Commissioners' decision. </p><p>A public enquiry was held on 27–28 November 1968 and 21 January 1969 at <a href="/wiki/Lewes_Town_Hall" title="Lewes Town Hall">Lewes Town Hall</a> and was chaired by Major General A.J.F. Emslie.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC-27-01-1969_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC-27-01-1969-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Commissioners were presented with evidence that those currently using the line would, instead of using the new bus services, switch to cars and motorcycles, thereby adding to the congestion problems at Uckfield.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC-27-01-1969_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC-27-01-1969-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was also suggested that British Rail had drawn up a timetable which was deliberately aimed at showing a loss on the line.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Major J.H. Pickering, a member of <a href="/wiki/East_Sussex_County_Council" title="East Sussex County Council">East Sussex County Council</a>'s Roads and Bridges Committee attending the meeting in his personal capacity made the point that "<i>the Minister had ignored the undisputed and rapid growth of population in the area affected by the proposed bus service</i>", the population having increased by 5,000 in three years and was expected to reach 10,000 in the following five years.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC-27-01-1969_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC-27-01-1969-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Crowborough was also expanding at a similar rate.<sup id="cite_ref-KSC-27-01-1969_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-KSC-27-01-1969-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The grant of new licences was rejected by the Commissioners on the basis of: (i) the lack of services to Barcombe Mills station – passengers were obliged to walk one mile to the bus stop, (ii) the poor off-peak train/bus connections at Uckfield and (iii) traffic congestion at peak times in Tonbridge and Lewes which had a serious effect on bus timings at Uckfield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Following the variation by the Minister of the conditions of closure to provide for extra services, the Commissioners' concerns were met,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._20-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and authorisation for the bus services was given on 31 March 1969. The last day of operation of the Uckfield – Lewes section would be 6 May 1969.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite198765_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite198765-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Lewes_Viaduct">Lewes Viaduct</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Lewes Viaduct"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Another element in the closure decision was the condition of Lewes Viaduct.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Ministry of Transport had been advised in 1964 by its Divisional Road Engineer that the condition of the viaduct would entail high maintenance costs in the near future.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23_36-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In June 1965, the Engineer reported again that the bridges and viaduct on the line between Barcombe Mills and Lewes were in need of expensive repairs.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23_36-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A speed limit of 10 mph was introduced on the viaduct in September 1967.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23_36-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 1968, BRB informed the Ministry that unless the section of line between Lewes and the start of the Hamsey Loop could be eliminated by the end of the year, either by rebuilding the Hamsey Loop or by closing the line, emergency remedial work would be required.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite198765_35-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite198765-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23_36-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._23-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 13 December 1968, BRB's engineers conducted a special investigation of the viaduct.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 16 December, BRB announced that, for safety reasons and as a short-term measure, only the down line could be used by a shuttle service and a revised timetable was introduced to reflect this.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24_37-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 23 February 1969, this service ceased and was replaced by an emergency bus service.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEWhite198765_35-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEWhite198765-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24_37-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._24-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> BRB's timetabling announcements were criticised by the Traffic Commissioners as giving the impression that a decision on the line's future had been taken before their enquiry was over.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._25_38-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTECompton1970para._25-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Post-closure">Post-closure</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Post-closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Lewes_Relief_Road_2">Lewes Relief Road</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Lewes Relief Road"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Within weeks of the line closing, an <a href="/wiki/Embankment_(transportation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Embankment (transportation)">embankment</a> carrying the line was cut through in preparation of the first stage of the Lewes Relief Road.<sup id="cite_ref-WLinkcase_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLinkcase-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The remaining bridges from Lewes station to Cliffe High Street and the viaduct over the River Ouse were also demolished. Construction of the Phoenix Causeway was completed in summer 1969, but stages two and three of the Lewes Relief Road project were scrapped; the Council chose instead to link up with the town's <a href="/wiki/A22_road" title="A22 road">new bypass</a> by building <a href="/w/index.php?title=Cuilfail_Tunnel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Cuilfail Tunnel (page does not exist)">Cuilfail Tunnel</a>, which opened in November 1980.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A 2001 report by the <a href="/wiki/Environment_Agency" title="Environment Agency">Environment Agency</a> noted the detrimental effect of the Phoenix Causeway on the town by blocking the floodplain, contributing greatly to the floods of October 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As the bypass cut across the railway alignment, the Council's County Engineer gave an undertaking on 11 December 1978 to "<i>pay for the cost of a new bridge and other works over the Uckfield By-pass should the Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line ever be re-opened</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-WLinkcase_39-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLinkcase-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Hamsey_Loop">Hamsey Loop</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Hamsey Loop"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/John_Peyton,_Baron_Peyton_of_Yeovil" title="John Peyton, Baron Peyton of Yeovil">John Peyton</a>, the Conservative <a href="/wiki/Secretary_of_State_for_Transport" title="Secretary of State for Transport">Minister for Transport Industries</a>, confirmed on 5 February 1973 that the powers granted by the British Railways Act 1966 in respect of the Hamsey Loop had expired on 31 December 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> East Sussex County Council agreed nevertheless to safeguard the trackbed against development.<sup id="cite_ref-Wealdenlink_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Wealdenlink-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the Council declined British Rail's offer to acquire the alignment for £1 in the 1970s and much of the trackbed was consequently disposed of by British Rail in the 1980s for a few thousand pounds.<sup id="cite_ref-WLinkcase_39-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLinkcase-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Eridge_to_Tunbridge_Wells">Eridge to Tunbridge Wells</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Eridge to Tunbridge Wells"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg/220px-Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/c/cb/Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg/330px-Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/cb/Tunbridge_Wells_West_Closure_Notice.jpg 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="277" /></a><figcaption>Notice announcing the Station's closure in 1985</figcaption></figure> <p>Following a lack of investment for decades, by the early 1980s the track and signalling between Eridge and Tunbridge Wells needed to be replaced. British Rail, at the time carrying out an upgrade of the <a href="/wiki/Tonbridge_railway_station" title="Tonbridge railway station">Tonbridge</a> to Hastings Line, decided that the costs of keeping the line from Eridge open and undertaking the resignalling and relaying Grove Junction works did not justify the outlay. As part of a financial package to secure funding for the £24m electrification of the Hastings Line, British Rail proposed to close the line, The line also suffered from poor patronage due to lack of timetable co-ordination and a limited service since 1971 of an hourly off-peak shuttle service between Tonbridge and Eridge with extra services during Monday to Friday peak hours.<sup id="cite_ref-TWTF_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWTF-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Closure of the line (including Groombridge and Tunbridge Wells West stations) was therefore announced from 16 May 1983, subsequently postponed following objections. The <a href="/wiki/Nicholas_Ridley,_Baron_Ridley_of_Liddesdale" title="Nicholas Ridley, Baron Ridley of Liddesdale">Secretary of State for Transport</a> approved the decision with effect for passenger trains from 6 July 1985, although empty stock trains continued to use the section from Tunbridge Wells West to Birchden Junction until 10 August when the depot at West station closed.<sup id="cite_ref-subbrit_44-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-subbrit-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The valuable site of Tunbridge Wells West being sold to <a href="/wiki/Sainsbury%27s" title="Sainsbury's">Sainsbury's</a> for £4m.<sup id="cite_ref-TWTF_43-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWTF-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>Despite closure of the line and redevelopment of the Tunbridge Wells West site, it was planned that a corridor was left so that a reinstated railway could run through the site alongside Linden Park Road and in front of the old station building, allowing it to reconnect with the extant track through to Groombridge.<sup id="cite_ref-TWTF_43-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWTF-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> An undertaking was obtained from Sainsbury's in 1995 by local MP <a href="/wiki/Patrick_Mayhew" title="Patrick Mayhew">Patrick Mayhew</a> following the construction of a toilet block which impeded the route of the line; Sainsbury's agreed that it would demolish the toilet block if this became necessary.<sup id="cite_ref-TWTF_43-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-TWTF-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> . </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading5"><h5 id="Uckfield_station">Uckfield station</h5><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Uckfield station"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Uckfield_Railway_Station_(Original).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg/180px-Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="135" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg/270px-Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2e/Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg/360px-Uckfield_Railway_Station_%28Original%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="479" /></a><figcaption>Remains of original Uckfield station.</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1991, Uckfield station was resited on the eastern side of the level crossing over the High Street to avoid the need to close the barriers when trains entered the station and unnecessary traffic build-up.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The former station building fell into disrepair and, after suffering vandalism and arson, was demolished in December 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-032010_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-032010-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the same time, the track across the road was removed by East Sussex County Council despite concerns that this action would create an obstacle to reopening the line in terms of the loss of any <a href="/wiki/Grandfather_clause" title="Grandfather clause">grandfather rights</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-WLinkcase_39-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WLinkcase-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A new modular station building was provided for the re-sited Uckfield station, replacing the temporary portakabin-type structure initially provided.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-032010_46-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-032010-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 14 May 2013, it was announced that Network Rail had agreed terms to purchase the 4.7 acre site of the old station from <a href="/wiki/BRB_(Residuary)_Limited" title="BRB (Residuary) Limited">BRB (Residuary) Limited</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In Summer 2015, a 174-space car park was opened on the old station site on land clear of the former route alignment.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Revival">Revival</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Revival"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Lavender_Line">Lavender Line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Lavender Line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Lavender_Line" title="Lavender Line">Lavender Line</a></div> <p>In 1983, <a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield station</a> and a length of trackbed were purchased by an enthusiast who restored the station, built a locomotive shed and laid a short length of track.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35_49-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The owner ran out of money and the property passed in 1991 to the Lavender Line preservation society, which took over and further restored the station.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35_49-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The society has also restored about one mile of track to the north of Isfield.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35_49-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEOppitz200133–35-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Spa_Valley_Railway">Spa Valley Railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Spa Valley Railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Spa_Valley_Railway" title="Spa Valley Railway">Spa Valley Railway</a></div> <p>The <i>Tunbridge Wells and Eridge Railway Preservation Society</i> was formed shortly after the closure of the section of the line between Tunbridge Wells and Eridge with the intention to re-open the connection. It purchased the line and trains were again running by 1996 on The Spa Valley Railway. The line extends for four miles from Tunbridge Wells West to Birchden Junction, and another mile to Eridge (alongside the National Rail line) opened on 25 March 2011. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Wealden_Line_Campaign">Wealden Line Campaign</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Wealden Line Campaign"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Launched in 1986, the Wealden Line Campaign is seeking the full restoration of services between Lewes and Tunbridge Wells, with eventual electrification. The scheme has received the support of the MPs for <a href="/wiki/Lewes_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Lewes (UK Parliament constituency)">Lewes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Wealden_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Wealden (UK Parliament constituency)">Wealden</a>, <a href="/wiki/Norman_Baker" title="Norman Baker">Norman Baker</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charles_Hendry" title="Charles Hendry">Charles Hendry</a>, who have both made repeated calls in the <a href="/wiki/British_House_of_Commons" class="mw-redirect" title="British House of Commons">House of Commons</a> for the re-opening of the line. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Uckfield_Line_Rail_Extensions_group">Uckfield Line Rail Extensions group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Uckfield Line Rail Extensions group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In June 2009, following a meeting of the Uckfield Railway Line Parishes Committee, an informal association of members from local parishes who meet monthly to press for the line's reinstatement, it was decided to set up a new organisation comprising elected representatives from town and parish councils in Crowborough, Lewes and Buxted.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Named the <i>Uckfield Line Rail Extensions Group</i> (Ulreg), it seeks to apply political pressure for the reinstatement of the line.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Calls_for_reopening_and_feasibility_studies">Calls for reopening and feasibility studies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Calls for reopening and feasibility studies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Post-closure_2">Post-closure</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Post-closure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The merits of the Uckfield-Lewes closure were debated on several occasions in Parliament following closure. In particular, it was argued that the line would have provided a valuable alternative route to the <a href="/wiki/Brighton_Main_Line" title="Brighton Main Line">Brighton Main Line</a> when that line was out of action, as was the case on 16 December 1972 when a collision between two passenger trains at Copyhold Junction closed the line for over a month. <a href="/w/index.php?title=Charles_Kerr,_2nd_Baron_Teviot&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Charles Kerr, 2nd Baron Teviot (page does not exist)">Lord Teviot</a> referred to this incident when calling for the reinstatement of the line in the <a href="/wiki/House_of_Lords" title="House of Lords">House of Lords</a> on 20 May 1974. It was estimated that costs of reinstatement would be in the region of £2 million, together with an additional revenue subsidy of £170,000 per year.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_and_1990s">1980s and 1990s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: 1980s and 1990s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 1987, <a href="/wiki/Network_SouthEast" title="Network SouthEast">Network SouthEast</a> agreed to contribute £1.5 million to reinstate the Lewes to Uckfield Line, a quarter of its projected cost. The scheme floundered in the face of a lack of funding from other sources, both the <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council" title="Kent County Council">Kent County Council</a> and East Sussex County Council proving to be "uncooperative" on this score.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994251_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHenshaw1994251-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1996, a <a href="/wiki/Feasibility_study" title="Feasibility study">feasibility study</a> was commissioned by the Kent County Council into the re-opening of the Tunbridge Wells to Eridge section of the line. The report, prepared by <a href="/wiki/Mott_MacDonald" title="Mott MacDonald">Mott MacDonald</a>, found in favour of reopening the line, concluding that "<i>at a reinstatement cost of £20–25 million such a long-term reinstatement facility (which might substitute for more expensive road infrastructure elsewhere) might be considered a relatively cheap option</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project made no progress. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Connex">Connex</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Connex"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hopes for reopening were raised in 2000 when <a href="/wiki/Connex_South_Central" title="Connex South Central">Connex South Central</a> included the reinstatement of the line in its ultimately unsuccessful bid for the <a href="/wiki/Southern_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern (train operating company)">South Central franchise</a>, and later by <a href="/wiki/Railtrack" title="Railtrack">Railtrack</a>, which not only looked at reopening, but also the electrification of the whole route.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2002, the Department of Transport on the advice of the <a href="/wiki/Strategic_Rail_Authority" title="Strategic Rail Authority">Strategic Rail Authority</a> stated that the costs of electrification from Uckfield to Hurst Green "far outweigh the benefits", but the situation would be kept under review.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_feasibility_study">2008 feasibility study</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: 2008 feasibility study"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Central_Rail_Corridor_Board">Central Rail Corridor Board</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: Central Rail Corridor Board"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>To take the case for reinstatement forward, a "Central Rail Corridor Board" was set up in 2004, with members from regional, county and district levels, local MPs and <a href="/wiki/Southern_(train_operating_company)" class="mw-redirect" title="Southern (train operating company)">Southern</a>. The Board, led by East Sussex County Council, oversaw the development of initiatives to explore the feasibility of reinstatement and provide guidance on the political, planning and transport policy framework. A free scoping study was prepared by a consortium of transport and engineering consultants, who recommended in March 2005 that there were sufficient grounds for proceeding to a full feasibility study at a cost of £150,000, the funding for which was provided by numerous local authorities in the area.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>On 14 June 2007, members of the Campaign met the <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Under-Secretary_of_State" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State">Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State</a> for Transport, <a href="/wiki/Tom_Harris_(UK_politician)" class="mw-redirect" title="Tom Harris (UK politician)">Tom Harris</a>, who agreed to consider the results of the feasibility study.<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As Harris later revealed to Parliament, the Campaign members proposed a <a href="/wiki/Public-private_partnership" class="mw-redirect" title="Public-private partnership">public-private partnership</a>, which "<i>would mean, in essence, that the Department for Transport would not have to put its hand in its pocket for the capital costs or for revenue costs following resumption of services on the line</i>."<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The financial viability of the proposals would be tested by the feasibility study, and the Minister indicated that some investment would have to be forthcoming from the Campaign. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a> pledged to consider the results of the study and investigate all possible commercial avenues for the line's reopening. The study, which was overseen by <a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a> and due to commence in September 2007, was delayed until January 2008; its costs, which were estimated to be in the region of £130,000 to £140,000, were met by the Central Rail Corridor Board.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2008 the Wealden Line Campaign launched "<i>Wealdenlink – Capacity Solutions for Sussex, Kent, Surrey and London</i>", a presentation outlining the benefits of reinstatement which aims to give new impetus to the project at a critical moment.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Final_report">Final report</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: Final report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The reinstatement feasibility study was released on 23 July 2008 accompanied by a press release by East Sussex County Council<sup id="cite_ref-CentralRail_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CentralRail-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It said that whilst reinstatement was technically feasible, it would not be economically viable.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail20084_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail20084-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The full report first assessed the cost implications of three possible construction options: a 'base option' which would see the line rebuilt according to minimum specification, an 'intermediate stations option' which examined rebuilding with the provision of stations at Barcombe Mills and Isfield and a 'double track option' where the line would be dualled throughout.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail20087_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail20087-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The preferred route in terms of cost effectiveness and ease of construction was identified as the rebuilding of the Hamsey Loop on an alignment slightly to the north of the original 1858 route and joining the Brighton Main Line a point south of the level crossing in the village of Hamsey.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200810–11_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200810–11-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The reconstruction of the original line along the east bank of the River Ouse and through Lewes town centre was not examined due to cost implications.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200811_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200811-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The total cost of the base option was estimated at £141m, which included a 30% contingency as per <a href="/wiki/Governance_for_Railway_Investment_Projects" class="mw-redirect" title="Governance for Railway Investment Projects">GRIP stage 2</a> procedure.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200822_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200822-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the two additional stations, costs would rise under the second option by £7.4m,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200825_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200825-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the final option resulted in an estimated figure of £38.8m.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200828_68-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200828-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Assessing the potential traffic to be generated by the new line, the report estimated that between 1,500 and 2,000 trips per day (450,000 to 620,000 trips per annum) would be generated by a variety of routes including London-Uckfield-Eastbourne and London-Uckfield-Newhaven fast services.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838–39_69-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838–39-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The majority of trips would, however, be to existing stations on the Uckfield-Croydon line and the south-coast,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200841_70-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200841-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while the new routes would encourage only 2% growth for existing lines due to longer journey time to the south coast compared with the Brighton Main Line.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838_71-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The benefit of the reinstated line as a diversionary route was judged negligible due to the low occurrence of total closures on the Brighton line, so was not taken into consideration in the business case.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200844–45_72-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200844–45-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For the business case, six route options were tested: 2A (London-Uckfield-Eastbourne fast), 2B (London-Uckfield-Eastbourne, with stations at Isfield and Barcombe), 3A (London-Uckfield-Newhaven fast), 3B (London-Uckfield-Newhaven, with the two new stations), 4A (London-Uckfield-Lewes fast) and 4B (London-Uckfield-Lewes new stations).<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200852_73-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200852-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study concluded that all six routes showed a negative <a href="/wiki/Net_present_value" title="Net present value">net present value</a> and therefore had a poor business case as the value of the new line to users and non-users were less than the costs of construction; options 2A and 2B would in addition generate losses for the train operator.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200854_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200854-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The best performing option was 4B which generated a <a href="/wiki/Benefit%E2%80%93cost_ratio" title="Benefit–cost ratio">benefit–cost ratio</a> of 0.79,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200854_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200854-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with an annual revenue forecast of £4.46m against potential operating costs of £3.11m.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838_71-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200838-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Option 4B came in with a slightly lower BCR of 0.78,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200861_75-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200861-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with annual revenues of £3.71m at a cost of £2.28m.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200850_76-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200850-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The report concluded that the BCRs produced for each option represented 'poor value for money' as per DfT guidance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200862_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200862-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The report explained that the poor business case was due to the low level of demand for the reopened route and increased car ownership since the 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200883_78-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200883-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In order to improve the business case, there would need to be a significant increase in the size of the population along the line and/or a fundamental shift in the travelling population of the existing population.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200883–84_79-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTENetwork_Rail200883–84-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading4"><h4 id="Criticism">Criticism</h4><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: Criticism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The final report was criticised by Uckfield Town Council and Lewes MP, Norman Baker, for its narrow scope.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to <a href="/wiki/Railfuture" title="Railfuture">Railfuture</a>, a positive business case was not established as the potential stakeholders were not all aligned, actively supporting and promoting the proposal, and because the terms of reference were defined too narrowly, so that the study could not look at all the possible solutions to determine which would be most viable and could be funded soonest.<sup id="cite_ref-82" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Kilbride_group">Kilbride group</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=36" title="Edit section: Kilbride group"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In autumn 2004, the Kilbride Group, a private company specialising in combining residential development with transport-infrastructure improvements, expressed interest in restoring services. The company, already involved in a similar project to reconnect <a href="/wiki/Bere_Alston_railway_station" title="Bere Alston railway station">Bere Alston</a> and <a href="/wiki/Okehampton_railway_station" title="Okehampton railway station">Okehampton</a> on the <a href="/wiki/West_of_England_Main_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="West of England Main Line">West of England Main Line</a>, believed that the cost of reinstatement could be met by imposing a levy on each house built based on the housing targets for the area (around 4,000 houses). The costs of reinstatement were estimated at £50m, significantly different from the results from the Network Rail analysis. Kilbride's offer was declined by East Sussex County Council.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848–49_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEBroadbent200848–49-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In November 2008, following the failure to establish a sound business case for reinstatement, Kilbride met members of Uckfield Town Council to confirm that the link could be financed by revenue from the housing projects already planned for the area.<sup id="cite_ref-84" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-84"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>84<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="ATOC_report">ATOC report</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=37" title="Edit section: ATOC report"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Crowborough, Lewes and Uckfield councils decided to undertake their own feasibility study and engaged the <a href="/wiki/Jacobs_Solutions" title="Jacobs Solutions">Jacobs transport consultancy</a> to undertake the work.<sup id="cite_ref-85" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-85"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>85<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Uckfield-Lewes line was identified as a "potential link line" in the 2009 report by the <a href="/wiki/Association_of_Train_Operating_Companies" class="mw-redirect" title="Association of Train Operating Companies">Association of Train Operating Companies</a> entitled <a href="/wiki/Connecting_Communities:_Expanding_Access_to_the_Rail_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network">Connecting Communities: Expanding Access to the Rail Network</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ATOCConnectingCommunitiesReportS1021_86-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ATOCConnectingCommunitiesReportS1021-86"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>86<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was reiterated in Network Rail's draft <a href="/wiki/Route_Utilisation_Strategy" title="Route Utilisation Strategy">Route Utilisation Strategy</a> for Sussex, published on 26 May 2009, which stated that the line's reinstatement would "<i>provide potential capacity relief to the southern end of the <a href="/wiki/Brighton_Main_Line" title="Brighton Main Line">BML</a>.</i>"<sup id="cite_ref-87" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-87"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>87<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Brighton_Main_Line_capacity_study">Brighton Main Line capacity study</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=38" title="Edit section: Brighton Main Line capacity study"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 9 May 2013, the Secretary of State for Transport, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_McLoughlin" title="Patrick McLoughlin">Patrick McLoughlin</a>, announced that the Department for Transport had asked Network Rail to explore the possible re-opening of the Lewes to Uckfield route.<sup id="cite_ref-88" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-88"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>88<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study, which was published in May 2014, outlined the capacity strategy for the Brighton Main Line for the period 2014-2024.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-201405_89-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-201405-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study's key recommendation was that capacity interventions should be concentrated on alleviating bottlenecks on the existing line, instead of investment in alternative routes such as Lewes-Uckfield.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-201405_89-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-201405-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Such alternative routes were, according to the study, of limited value in the short to medium term.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-201405_89-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-201405-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study found in particular that it would be difficult to accommodate additional Lewes-Uckfield services on the Brighton Main Line due to capacity limitations, and indicated that there may be a long-term case for reinstatement, possibly in conjunction with new lines for the London section of the Brighton Main Line.<sup id="cite_ref-NR-201405_89-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-NR-201405-89"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>89<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Department for Transport accepted the recommendation.<sup id="cite_ref-90" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-90"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>90<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="London_and_South_Coast_Rail_Corridor_Study">London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=39" title="Edit section: London and South Coast Rail Corridor Study"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, the government appointed the consultants <a href="/wiki/WSP_Global" title="WSP Global">WSP/Parsons Brinckerhoff</a> to look at the strategic case for investing in new capacity along the south coast rail corridor.<sup id="cite_ref-91" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-91"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>91<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Published in March 2017, the study addressed three key points: Network Rail's planned upgrade package for the Brighton Main Line, the opportunities in reopening Lewes-Uckfield and/or an alternative relief route north ('BML2'), and the potential for high-speed rail connections between London, Gatwick Airport and Brighton.<sup id="cite_ref-92" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-92"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>92<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It concluded that pursuing Network Rail's upgrade package was a strategic priority, but rejected the case for BML2 or a Lewes-Uckfield link.<sup id="cite_ref-93" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-93"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>93<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study did acknowledge that the viability of both schemes could be improved by local communities accepting significant additional housing and commercial development.<sup id="cite_ref-DfT-201703_94-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT-201703-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In any case, a new line running north from Croydon, either towards Lewisham and the Docklands area or a fast connection to central London, was considered as unnecessary until at least the 2040s/2050s.<sup id="cite_ref-DfT-201703_94-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-DfT-201703-94"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>94<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The study's recommendations were accepted by the government.<sup id="cite_ref-95" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-95"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>95<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Restoring_your_railway">Restoring your railway</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=40" title="Edit section: Restoring your railway"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In February 2020, a bid was made to the <a href="/wiki/Restoring_Your_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Restoring Your Railway">Restoring Your Railway</a> fund for a feasibility study into reinstating the line between Lewes and Uckfield as well as Tunbridge Wells and Eridge.<sup id="cite_ref-96" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-96"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>96<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid, which was submitted by Lewes MP Maria Caulfield and the BML2 project team, and supported by Brighton MPs Caroline Lucas and Lloyd Russell-Moyle, was for £50,000 to develop a business case.<sup id="cite_ref-97" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-97"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>97<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-B&HN-2021_98-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B&HN-2021-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bid was turned down by Transport Minister <a href="/wiki/Chris_Heaton-Harris" title="Chris Heaton-Harris">Chris Heaton-Harris</a> in November 2021 on the basis that train travel was not expected to return to pre-pandemic levels.<sup id="cite_ref-B&HN-2021_98-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-B&HN-2021-98"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>98<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-99" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-99"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>99<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Transport_for_the_South_East">Transport for the South East</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=41" title="Edit section: Transport for the South East"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In March 2023, <a href="/wiki/Sub-national_transport_body" title="Sub-national transport body">Transport for the South East</a> proposed the reinstatement of the lines from Uckfield-Lewes and Tunbridge Wells Central-Tunbridge Wells West as a means of enhancing east-west connectivity and improving the resilience of radial corridors.<sup id="cite_ref-100" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-100"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>100<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=42" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Notes">Notes</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=43" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=The+last+chance+to+reinstate+the+Lewes+to+Uckfield+rail+link+came+a+step+closer+last+week&rft.pub=Maria+Caulfield&rft.date=2021-03-10&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mariacaulfield.co.uk%2Fnews%2Flast-chance-reinstate-lewes-uckfield-rail-link-came-step-closer-last-week&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-B&HN-2021-98"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-B&HN-2021_98-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-B&HN-2021_98-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWadsworth2021" class="citation news cs1">Wadsworth, Jo (16 November 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.brightonandhovenews.org/2021/11/16/new-brighton-mainline-campaign-loses-out-on-government-cash/">"New Brighton mainline campaign loses out on government cash"</a>. <i>Brighton and Hove News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=London+to+Sussex+Coast+Strategic+Programme+Outline+Case&rft.pages=58&rft.pub=Transport+for+the+South+East&rft.date=2023-03-23&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Ftransportforthesoutheast.org.uk%2Fapp%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F03%2FTfSE_AS_L2SC_SPOC_v2.6-230308.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Sources">Sources</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=44" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239549316">.mw-parser-output .refbegin{margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul{margin-left:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{margin-left:0;padding-left:3.2em;text-indent:-3.2em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul,.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents ul li{list-style:none}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .refbegin-hanging-indents>ul>li{padding-left:1.6em;text-indent:-1.6em}}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .refbegin-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .refbegin{font-size:90%}}</style><div class="refbegin" style=""> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBroadbent2008" class="citation journal cs1">Broadbent, Steve (2008). "The Battle of Wealden". <i>Rail</i> (599 (27 August – 9 September)): 46–51.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Rail&rft.atitle=The+Battle+of+Wealden&rft.issue=599+%2827+August+%E2%80%93+9+September%29&rft.pages=46-51&rft.date=2008&rft.aulast=Broadbent&rft.aufirst=Steve&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCompton1970" class="citation report cs1"><a href="/wiki/Edmund_Compton" title="Edmund Compton">Compton, Edmund</a> (9 April 1970). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20050412193706/http://home.clara.net/wealdenline/gm_archive/hackel_700409.html">The Compton report</a> (Report). <a href="/wiki/Parliamentary_Commissioner_for_Administration" class="mw-redirect" title="Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration">Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://home.clara.net/wealdenline/gm_archive/hackel_700409.html">the original</a> on 12 April 2005<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">4 September</span> 2009</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=The+Compton+report&rft.pub=Parliamentary+Commissioner+for+Administration&rft.date=1970-04-09&rft.aulast=Compton&rft.aufirst=Edmund&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fhome.clara.net%2Fwealdenline%2Fgm_archive%2Fhackel_700409.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFCourse1974" class="citation book cs1">Course, Edwin (1974). <i>The Railways of Southern England: Secondary and Branch Lines</i>. London: B.T. Batsford Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7134-2835-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-7134-2835-X"><bdi>0-7134-2835-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Railways+of+Southern+England%3A+Secondary+and+Branch+Lines&rft.place=London&rft.pub=B.T.+Batsford+Ltd&rft.date=1974&rft.isbn=0-7134-2835-X&rft.aulast=Course&rft.aufirst=Edwin&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFHenshaw1994" class="citation book cs1">Henshaw, David (1994). <i>The Great Railway Conspiracy</i>. Hawes, North Yorkshire: Leading Edge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-948135-48-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-948135-48-4"><bdi>0-948135-48-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Great+Railway+Conspiracy&rft.place=Hawes%2C+North+Yorkshire&rft.pub=Leading+Edge&rft.date=1994&rft.isbn=0-948135-48-4&rft.aulast=Henshaw&rft.aufirst=David&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMitchellSmith1986" class="citation book cs1">Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1986). <i>Branch Lines to Tunbridge Wells from Oxted, Lewes and Polegate</i>. Midhurst, West Sussex: Middleton Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-906520-32-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-906520-32-1"><bdi>978-0-906520-32-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Branch+Lines+to+Tunbridge+Wells+from+Oxted%2C+Lewes+and+Polegate&rft.place=Midhurst%2C+West+Sussex&rft.pub=Middleton+Press&rft.date=1986&rft.isbn=978-0-906520-32-1&rft.aulast=Mitchell&rft.aufirst=Vic&rft.au=Smith%2C+Keith&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFNetwork_Rail2008" class="citation report cs1"><a href="/wiki/Network_Rail" title="Network Rail">Network Rail</a> (July 2008). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://eastsussexgovuk.blob.core.windows.net/media/2148/lewes_uckfield_network_rail_final_report.pdf">Lewes-Uckfield Railway Line Reinstatement Study 2008</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> (Report)<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">8 September</span> 2023</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Lewes-Uckfield+Railway+Line+Reinstatement+Study+2008&rft.date=2008-07&rft.au=Network+Rail&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Feastsussexgovuk.blob.core.windows.net%2Fmedia%2F2148%2Flewes_uckfield_network_rail_final_report.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFOppitz2001" class="citation book cs1">Oppitz, Leslie (2001). <i>Lost Railways of Sussex (Lost Railways)</i>. Newbury, Berkshire: Countryside Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-85306-697-9" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-85306-697-9"><bdi>978-1-85306-697-9</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Lost+Railways+of+Sussex+%28Lost+Railways%29&rft.place=Newbury%2C+Berkshire&rft.pub=Countryside+Books&rft.date=2001&rft.isbn=978-1-85306-697-9&rft.aulast=Oppitz&rft.aufirst=Leslie&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFStones1969" class="citation journal cs1">Stones, H.R. (1969). "Farewell to the Lewes & Uckfield". <i>Railway Magazine</i>. <b>115</b> (821 (Sept.)): 496–500.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Railway+Magazine&rft.atitle=Farewell+to+the+Lewes+%26+Uckfield&rft.volume=115&rft.issue=821+%28Sept.%29&rft.pages=496-500&rft.date=1969&rft.aulast=Stones&rft.aufirst=H.R.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1992" class="citation book cs1">White, H.P. (1992). <i>A Regional History of the Railways of Great Britain: Southern England (Volume 2)</i>. Nairn, Scotland: David St John Thomas. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-946537-77-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-946537-77-8"><bdi>978-0-946537-77-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=A+Regional+History+of+the+Railways+of+Great+Britain%3A+Southern+England+%28Volume+2%29&rft.place=Nairn%2C+Scotland&rft.pub=David+St+John+Thomas&rft.date=1992&rft.isbn=978-0-946537-77-8&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=H.P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhite1987" class="citation book cs1">White, H.P. (1987). <i>Forgotten Railways: South-East England (Forgotten Railways Series)</i>. Newton Abbot, Devon: David & Charles. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-946537-37-2" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-946537-37-2"><bdi>978-0-946537-37-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Forgotten+Railways%3A+South-East+England+%28Forgotten+Railways+Series%29&rft.place=Newton+Abbot%2C+Devon&rft.pub=David+%26+Charles&rft.date=1987&rft.isbn=978-0-946537-37-2&rft.aulast=White&rft.aufirst=H.P.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=45" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Source_materials">Source materials</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=46" title="Edit section: Source materials"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.railwaysarchive.co.uk/documents/BRB_NetworkForDevelopment1967.pdf">"BRB Network for Development Plans 1967"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=BRB+Network+for+Development+Plans+1967&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.railwaysarchive.co.uk%2Fdocuments%2FBRB_NetworkForDevelopment1967.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AWealden+Line" class="Z3988"></span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(501 <a href="/wiki/Kibibyte" class="mw-redirect" title="Kibibyte">KiB</a>)</span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Stations_on_the_line">Stations on the line</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=47" title="Edit section: Stations on the line"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/barcombe_mills/index.shtml">Barcombe Mills railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/i/isfield/index.shtml">Isfield railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/u/uckfield/index.shtml">Uckfield railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/e/eridge/index.shtml">Eridge railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/g/groombridge/index.shtml">Groombridge railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/h/high_rocks_halt/index.shtml">High Rocks railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20071029091653/http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/t/tunbridge_wells_west/index.shtml">Tunbridge Wells West railway station on Subterranea Britannica</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Campaign_groups_and_heritage_lines">Campaign groups and heritage lines</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Wealden_Line&action=edit&section=48" title="Edit section: Campaign groups and heritage lines"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.railfuture.org.uk/Uckfield-Lewes">Railfuture</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.wealdenline.org.uk/">Wealden Line Campaign</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.lavender-line.co.uk/">The Lavender Line</a></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Current_projects" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Current projects</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Camden_Highline" title="Camden Highline">Camden Highline</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camp_Hill_line" title="Camp Hill line">Camp Hill line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">East West Rail</a> (Oxford to Bedford section)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Speed_2" title="High Speed 2">High Speed 2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Hub" title="Northern Hub">Northern Hub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Powerhouse_Rail" title="Northern Powerhouse Rail">Northern Powerhouse Rail</a> (Hull–Liverpool)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Line" title="Northumberland Line">Northumberland Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Wales_Metro" title="South Wales Metro">South Wales Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Midlands_Metro#Wednesbury–Brierley_Hill_extension" title="West Midlands Metro">West Midlands Metro extension to Brierley Hill</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em"><a href="/wiki/Proposed_railway_electrification_in_Great_Britain" class="mw-redirect" title="Proposed railway electrification in Great Britain">Electrification</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_and_Bury_Railway" title="Liverpool and Bury Railway">Bolton–Wigan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Busby_Railway" title="Busby Railway">East Kilbride line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Midland_Main_Line_upgrade" title="Midland Main Line upgrade">Kettering–Sheffield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Valleys_%26_Cardiff_Local_Routes" title="Valleys & Cardiff Local Routes">Welsh Valleys</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ashington_railway_station" title="Ashington railway station">Ashington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beam_Park_railway_station" title="Beam Park railway station">Beam Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaulieu_Park_railway_station" title="Beaulieu Park railway station">Beaulieu Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blyth_Bebside_railway_station" title="Blyth Bebside railway station">Blyth Bebside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bedlington_railway_station" title="Bedlington railway station">Bedlington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Curzon_Street_railway_station" title="Birmingham Curzon Street railway station">Birmingham Curzon Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birmingham_Interchange_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Birmingham Interchange railway station">Birmingham Interchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Butetown_railway_station" title="Butetown railway station">Butetown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambridge_South_railway_station" title="Cambridge South railway station">Cambridge South</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlaston_James_Bridge_railway_station" title="Darlaston James Bridge railway station">Darlaston James Bridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kings_Heath_railway_station" title="Kings Heath railway station">Kings Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moseley_Village_railway_station" title="Moseley Village railway station">Moseley Village</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newsham_railway_station" title="Newsham railway station">Newsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northumberland_Park_Metro_station#Future_developments" title="Northumberland Park Metro station">Northumberland Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Oak_Common_railway_station" title="Old Oak Common railway station">Old Oak Common</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pineapple_Road_railway_station" title="Pineapple Road railway station">Pineapple Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seaton_Delaval_railway_station" title="Seaton Delaval railway station">Seaton Delaval</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/White_Rose_railway_station" title="White Rose railway station">White Rose</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willenhall_Bilston_Street_railway_station" title="Willenhall Bilston Street railway station">Willenhall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Winslow_railway_station" title="Winslow railway station">Winslow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wixams_railway_station" title="Wixams railway station">Wixams</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible uncollapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Proposed_projects" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Proposed projects</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Merthyr_line" title="Merthyr line">Aberdare–Hirwaun Line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aberdeen_Crossrail" title="Aberdeen Crossrail">Aberdeen Crossrail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakerloo_line_extension" title="Bakerloo line extension">Bakerloo line extension</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Midland_Railway" title="North Midland Railway">Barrow Hill line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bristol_Airport_Rail_Link" title="Bristol Airport Rail Link">Bristol Airport Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_branch_line" title="Brentford branch line">Brentford branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_and_Bury_Railway" title="Liverpool and Bury Railway">Bolton–Bury line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordon_Light_Railway" title="Bordon Light Railway">Bordon Light Railway</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carmarthen%E2%80%93Aberystwyth_line" title="Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line">Carmarthen–Aberystwyth line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cirencester_branch_line" title="Cirencester branch line">Cirencester branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derwent_Valley_Railway_(County_Durham)" title="Derwent Valley Railway (County Durham)">Consett–Newcastle line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_Very_Light_Rail" title="Coventry Very Light Rail">Coventry Very Light Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranleigh_line" title="Cranleigh line">Cranleigh line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossrail_2" title="Crossrail 2">Crossrail 2 (London)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crossrail_Glasgow" title="Crossrail Glasgow">Crossrail Glasgow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Darlaston_Loop" title="Darlaston Loop">Darlaston Loop</a> reopening</li> <li>Parts of <a href="/wiki/Electric_Spine" title="Electric Spine">Electric Spine</a> (<i>including</i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry%E2%80%93Leamington_line" title="Coventry–Leamington line">Coventry–Leamington Spa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Coventry_to_Nuneaton_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Coventry to Nuneaton line">Coventry–Nuneaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chiltern_Main_Line" title="Chiltern Main Line">Leamington Spa–Aynho Junction</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">Bedford–Cambridge</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fawley_branch_line" title="Fawley branch line">Fawley branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_branch_line" title="Fleetwood branch line">Fleetwood branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Formartine_and_Buchan_Railway" title="Formartine and Buchan Railway">Formartine and Buchan Railway</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robin_Hood_Line#Proposed_extension" title="Robin Hood Line">Maid Marian line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetroWest_(Bristol)" title="MetroWest (Bristol)">MetroWest (Bristol)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hall_Farm_Curve" title="Hall Farm Curve">Hall Farm Curve</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathfield_railway_station_(Devon)" title="Heathfield railway station (Devon)">Heathfield Branch Line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_transport_proposals" title="Heathrow Airport transport proposals">Heathrow Airport transport proposals</a> <ul><li><i>including</i> <a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airtrack" title="Heathrow Airtrack">Heathrow Airtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Southern_Railway" title="Heathrow Southern Railway">Heathrow Southern Railway</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Heathwick" title="Heathwick">Heathwick</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_Rail_Approach_to_Heathrow" title="Western Rail Approach to Heathrow">Western Rail Approach to Heathrow</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leicester%E2%80%93Burton_upon_Trent_line" title="Leicester–Burton upon Trent line">Leicester–Burton upon Trent line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisburn%E2%80%93Antrim_line" title="Lisburn–Antrim line">Lisburn–Antrim line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Cowley_railway_station" title="Morris Cowley railway station">Cowley branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_and_West_London_Light_Railway" title="North and West London Light Railway">North and West London Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Powerhouse_Rail" title="Northern Powerhouse Rail">Northern Powerhouse Rail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Wales_Metro" title="North Wales Metro">North Wales Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oxford,_Witney_and_Fairford_Railway" title="Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway">Oxford, Witney and Fairford Railway</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southampton_and_Dorchester_Railway" title="Southampton and Dorchester Railway">Ringwood branch line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/R25_(London)" title="R25 (London)">R25 Orbital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale_branch" title="Skelmersdale branch">Skelmersdale branch</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skipton%E2%80%93East_Lancashire_Rail_Action_Partnership" title="Skipton–East Lancashire Rail Action Partnership">Skipton–Colne Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerset_and_Dorset_Joint_Railway" title="Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway">Somerset and Dorset Joint Railway</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_Staffordshire_line" title="South Staffordshire line">South Staffordshire line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Southern_Crossrail" title="Southern Crossrail">Southern Crossrail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Andrews_Rail_Link" title="St Andrews Rail Link">St Andrews Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Link" title="Sutton Link">Sutton Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sutton_Park_line" title="Sutton Park line">Sutton Park line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swansea_Bay_and_West_Wales_Metro" title="Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro">Swansea Bay and West Wales Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walsall%E2%80%93Wolverhampton_line" title="Walsall–Wolverhampton line">Walsall–Wolverhampton line</a> reopening</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Wealden Line</a> (Uckfield–Lewes reopening)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_London_Orbital" title="West London Orbital">West London Orbital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisbech_East_railway_station" title="Wisbech East railway station">Wisbech line</a> reopening</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Link_Railway" title="Windsor Link Railway">Windsor Link Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York%E2%80%93Beverley_line" title="York–Beverley line">York–Beverley line</a> reopening</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Armagh_railway_station" title="Armagh railway station">Armagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Allandale_railway_station_(Scotland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Allandale railway station (Scotland)">Allandale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldergrove_railway_station" title="Aldergrove railway station">Aldergrove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Aldridge_railway_station" title="Aldridge railway station">Aldridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthington_railway_station" title="Arthington railway station">Arthington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashley_Hill_railway_station" title="Ashley Hill railway station">Ashley Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_Gate_railway_station" title="Ashton Gate railway station">Ashton Gate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Balgray_railway_station" title="Balgray railway station">Balgray railway station</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brighton_Road_railway_station" title="Brighton Road railway station">Balsall Heath</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Barcombe_Mills_railway_station" title="Barcombe Mills railway station">Barcombe Mills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beechwood_railway_station" title="Beechwood railway station">Beechwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beeston_Castle_and_Tarporley_railway_station" title="Beeston Castle and Tarporley railway station">Beeston Castle and Tarporley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bonnybridge_railway_station" title="Bonnybridge railway station">Bonnybridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordon_railway_station" title="Bordon railway station">Bordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bradford_St_James_railway_station" title="Bradford St James railway station">Bradford St James</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bramley_%26_Wonersh_railway_station" title="Bramley & Wonersh railway station">Bramley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Broughton_railway_station_(Wales)" title="Broughton railway station (Wales)">Broughton (Flintshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brownhills_railway_station" title="Brownhills railway station">Brownhills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brentford_railway_station_(1860%E2%80%931942)" title="Brentford railway station (1860–1942)">Brentford Golden Mile</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brinsford_Parkway_railway_station" title="Brinsford Parkway railway station">Brinsford Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakerloo_line_extension#Proposed_route" title="Bakerloo line extension">Burgess Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Caerleon_railway_station" title="Caerleon railway station">Caerleon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camberwell_railway_station_(England)" title="Camberwell railway station (England)">Camberwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cambourne_railway_station" title="Cambourne railway station">Cambourne (Cambridgeshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Canterbury_Parkway_railway_station" title="Canterbury Parkway railway station">Canterbury Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cardiff_Parkway_railway_station" title="Cardiff Parkway railway station">Cardiff Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carno_railway_station" title="Carno railway station">Carno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carr_Mill_railway_station" title="Carr Mill railway station">Carr Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carterton_railway_station_(England)" title="Carterton railway station (England)">Carterton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlethorpe_railway_station" title="Castlethorpe railway station">Castlethorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Bromwich_railway_station" title="Castle Bromwich railway station">Castle Bromwich</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castle_Green_railway_station" title="Castle Green railway station">Castle Green</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charfield_railway_station" title="Charfield railway station">Charfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cheadle_railway_station_(London_and_North_Western_Railway)" title="Cheadle railway station (London and North Western Railway)">Cheadle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chipping_Sodbury_railway_station" title="Chipping Sodbury railway station">Chipping Sodbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Claydon_railway_station" title="Claydon railway station">Claydon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cottam_Parkway_railway_station" title="Cottam Parkway railway station">Cottam Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corsham_railway_station" title="Corsham railway station">Corsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranleigh_railway_station" title="Cranleigh railway station">Cranleigh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kildwick_and_Crosshills_railway_station" title="Kildwick and Crosshills railway station">Cross Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crwys_Road_railway_station" title="Crwys Road railway station">Crwys Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cullompton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Cullompton railway station">Cullompton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cwm_railway_station" title="Cwm railway station">Cwm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dalston_railway_station_(London)" title="Dalston railway station (London)">Dalston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deeside_Parkway_railway_station" title="Deeside Parkway railway station">Deeside Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Devizes_railway_station#Future_plans" title="Devizes railway station">Devizes Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ditton_railway_station" title="Ditton railway station">Ditton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drake_Street_Metrolink_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Drake Street Metrolink station">Drake Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_Midlands_Hub_railway_station" title="East Midlands Hub railway station">East Midlands Hub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eastriggs_railway_station" title="Eastriggs railway station">Eastriggs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edwinstowe_railway_station" title="Edwinstowe railway station">Edwinstowe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elland_railway_station" title="Elland railway station">Elland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eynsham_railway_station" title="Eynsham railway station">Eynsham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Crossrail" title="Dundee Crossrail">Errol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferryhill_railway_station" title="Ferryhill railway station">Ferryhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finningley_railway_station" title="Finningley railway station">Finningley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fleetwood_railway_station" title="Fleetwood railway station">Fleetwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Parkway_railway_station" title="Fort Parkway railway station">Fort Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fraserburgh_railway_station" title="Fraserburgh railway station">Fraserburgh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gabalfa_railway_station" title="Gabalfa railway station">Gabalfa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_railway_station" title="Glasgow Airport railway station">Glasgow Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Cross_railway_station" title="Glasgow Cross railway station">Glasgow Cross</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Crossrail" title="Dundee Crossrail">Glencarse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gloucestershire_Parkway_railway_station" title="Gloucestershire Parkway railway station">Gloucestershire Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gorbals_railway_station" title="Gorbals railway station">Gorbals</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenfield_railway_station_(Wales)" class="mw-redirect" title="Greenfield railway station (Wales)">Greenfield (Flintshire)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hatch_End_railway_station" title="Hatch End railway station">Hatch End</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haxby_railway_station" title="Haxby railway station">Haxby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Hub_railway_station" title="Heathrow Hub railway station">Heathrow Hub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathfield_railway_station_(Devon)" title="Heathfield railway station (Devon)">Heathfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henbury_railway_station" title="Henbury railway station">Henbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hirwaun_railway_station" title="Hirwaun railway station">Hirwaun</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horfield_railway_station" title="Horfield railway station">Horfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horsforth_Woodside_railway_station" title="Horsforth Woodside railway station">Horsforth Woodside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hythe_railway_station_(Hampshire)" title="Hythe railway station (Hampshire)">Hythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hythe_Road_railway_station" title="Hythe Road railway station">Hythe Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isfield_railway_station" title="Isfield railway station">Isfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King%27s_Road_Chelsea_railway_station" title="King's Road Chelsea railway station">King's Road Chelsea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove_railway_station" title="Ladbroke Grove railway station">Ladbroke Grove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Somerton_railway_station" title="Somerton railway station">Langport and Somerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_Bradford_Airport_Parkway_railway_station" title="Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway railway station">Leeds Bradford Airport Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_New_Lane_railway_station" title="Leeds New Lane railway station">Leeds New Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liverpool_Baltic_railway_station" title="Liverpool Baltic railway station">Liverpool Baltic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lisburn_West_railway_station" title="Lisburn West railway station">Lisburn West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Llanwern_railway_station" title="Llanwern railway station">Llanwern</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Long_Ashton_railway_station" title="Long Ashton railway station">Long Ashton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maiden_Lane_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Maiden Lane railway station">Maiden Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manchester_Airport_High_Speed_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Manchester Airport High Speed railway station">Manchester Airport High Speed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/March_Elm_Road_railway_station" title="March Elm Road railway station">March Elm Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meir_railway_station" title="Meir railway station">Meir</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monkerton_railway_station" title="Monkerton railway station">Monkerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moorside_railway_station_(Cumbria)" title="Moorside railway station (Cumbria)">Moorside</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mouldon_Hill_railway_station" title="Mouldon Hill railway station">Mouldon Hill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newbiggin-by-the-Sea_railway_station" title="Newbiggin-by-the-Sea railway station">Newbiggin-by-the-Sea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_West_railway_station" title="Newport West railway station">Newport West</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newport_West_Central_railway_station" title="Newport West Central railway station">Newport West Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newton_Longville_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Newton Longville railway station">Newton Longville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Filton_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="North Filton railway station">North Filton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Okehampton_Interchange_railway_station" title="Okehampton Interchange railway station">Okehampton Interchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bakerloo_line_extension#Proposed_route" title="Bakerloo line extension">Old Kent Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Oak_Common_Lane_railway_station" title="Old Oak Common Lane railway station">Old Oak Common Lane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlemore_railway_station" title="Littlemore railway station">Oxford Science Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Cowley_railway_station" title="Morris Cowley railway station">Oxford Business Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ollerton_railway_station" title="Ollerton railway station">Ollerton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Park_Farm_railway_station" title="Park Farm railway station">Park Farm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pelsall_railway_station" title="Pelsall railway station">Pelsall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peterhead_railway_station" title="Peterhead railway station">Peterhead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pill_railway_station" title="Pill railway station">Pill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portishead_railway_station" title="Portishead railway station">Portishead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portobello_railway_station_(Wolverhampton)" title="Portobello railway station (Wolverhampton)">Portobello</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Poyle_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Poyle railway station">Poyle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richhill_railway_station" title="Richhill railway station">Richhill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roseberry_Parkway_railway_station" title="Roseberry Parkway railway station">Roseberry Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rugby_Parkway_railway_station" title="Rugby Parkway railway station">Rugby Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rushden_Parkway_railway_station" title="Rushden Parkway railway station">Rushden Parkway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saltford_railway_station" title="Saltford railway station">Saltford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sharnal_Street_railway_station" title="Sharnal Street railway station">Sharnal Street / Hoo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Littlemore_railway_station" title="Littlemore railway station">Oxford Science Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silvertown_railway_station" title="Silvertown railway station">Silvertown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Skelmersdale_railway_station" title="Skelmersdale railway station">Skelmersdale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Slattocks_railway_station" title="Slattocks railway station">Slattocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Anne%27s_Park_railway_station" title="St Anne's Park railway station">St Anne's Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Clears_railway_station" title="St Clears railway station">St Clears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanley_Park_railway_station" title="Stanley Park railway station">Stanley Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stockingford_railway_station" title="Stockingford railway station">Stockingford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stonehouse_(Bristol_Road)_railway_station" title="Stonehouse (Bristol Road) railway station">Stonehouse (Bristol Road)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Surrey_Canal_railway_station" title="Surrey Canal railway station">Surrey Canal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thamesmead_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Thamesmead railway station">Thamesmead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Templepatrick_railway_station" title="Templepatrick railway station">Templepatrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tempsford_railway_station" title="Tempsford railway station">Tempsford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornhill_(Dumfries)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Thornhill (Dumfries) railway station">Thornhill (Dumfries)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thornton_railway_station" title="Thornton railway station">Thornton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe_Park_railway_station" title="Thorpe Park railway station">Thorpe Park</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Torquay_Gateway_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Torquay Gateway railway station">Torquay Gateway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Town_Meadow_railway_station" title="Town Meadow railway station">Town Meadow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Vauxhall_railway_station_(Merseyside)" title="Vauxhall railway station (Merseyside)">Vauxhall (Merseyside)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wantage_Road_railway_station" title="Wantage Road railway station">Wantage Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Warsop_railway_station" title="Warsop railway station">Warsop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Waverley,_South_Yorkshire#Transportation" title="Waverley, South Yorkshire">Waverley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Weedon_railway_station" title="Weedon railway station">Weedon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wellington_railway_station_(Somerset)" title="Wellington railway station (Somerset)">Wellington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windsor_Royal_railway_station" title="Windsor Royal railway station">Windsor Royal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witney_railway_station" title="Witney railway station">Witney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wixams_railway_station" title="Wixams railway station">Wixams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodchurch_railway_station" title="Woodchurch railway station">Woodchurch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodhorn_railway_station" title="Woodhorn railway station">Woodhorn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wootton_Bassett_Junction_railway_station" title="Wootton Bassett Junction railway station">Wootton Bassett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dundee_Crossrail" title="Dundee Crossrail">Wormit</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_North_railway_station" title="Wrexham North railway station">Wrexham North</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wrexham_South_railway_station" title="Wrexham South railway station">Wrexham South</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Heritage railways</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Don_Valley_Railway" title="Don Valley Railway">Don Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norfolk_Orbital_Railway" title="Norfolk Orbital Railway">Norfolk Orbital Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wisbech_and_March_Bramley_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Wisbech and March Bramley Line">Wisbech and March Bramley Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Honeybourne_Line" class="mw-redirect" title="Honeybourne Line">Honeybourne Line</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div id="Cancelled_projects" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Cancelled projects</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Projects</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Advanced_Passenger_Train" title="Advanced Passenger Train">Advanced Passenger Train</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bordesley_railway_station" title="Bordesley railway station">Bordesley to Birmingham Curzon Street</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_Western_Main_Line_upgrade" title="Great Western Main Line upgrade">Cardiff to Swansea electrification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_London_Railway" title="Central London Railway">Central Line extension to Richmond</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Central_line_(London_Underground)" title="Central line (London Underground)">Central Line Extension to Denham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chessington_branch_line" title="Chessington branch line">Chessington branch line</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranbrook_and_Tenterden_Light_Railway" title="Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway">Cranbrook and Tenterden Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cromarty_and_Dingwall_Light_Railway" title="Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway">Cromarty and Dingwall Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Croxley_Rail_Link" title="Croxley Rail Link">Croxley Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Light_Railway_extension_to_Dagenham_Dock" title="Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock">Docklands Light Railway extension to Dagenham Dock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dawlish_Avoiding_Line" title="Dawlish Avoiding Line">Dawlish Avoiding Line</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Didcot,_Newbury_and_Southampton_Railway" title="Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway">Didcot, Newbury and Southampton Railway</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_and_East_Sussex_Light_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent and East Sussex Light Railway">East Sussex Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edinburgh_Airport_Rail_Link" title="Edinburgh Airport Rail Link">Edinburgh Airport Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Electric_Spine" title="Electric Spine">Electric Spine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/East_West_Rail" title="East West Rail">Oxford-Bletchley/Bedford Electrification</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glasgow_Airport_Rail_Link" title="Glasgow Airport Rail Link">Glasgow Airport Rail Link</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hawkhurst_branch_line" title="Hawkhurst branch line">Hawkhurst branch line</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hebridean_Light_Railway_Company" title="Hebridean Light Railway Company">Hebridean Light Railway Company</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airport_transport_proposals" title="Heathrow Airport transport proposals">Heathrow Airport transport proposals</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Heathrow_Airtrack" title="Heathrow Airtrack">Heathrow Airtrack</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HS4Air" title="HS4Air">HS4Air</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Headcorn_and_Maidstone_Junction_Light_Railway" title="Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway">Headcorn and Maidstone Junction Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Highclere,_Kingsclere_and_Basingstoke_Light_Railway" title="Highclere, Kingsclere and Basingstoke Light Railway">Highclere, Kingsclere and Basingstoke Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/InterCity_250" title="InterCity 250">InterCity 250</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kingsbridge_branch_line" title="Kingsbridge branch line">Kingsbridge to Salcombe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lancashire,_Derbyshire_and_East_Coast_Railway" title="Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway">Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leeds_and_York_Railway" title="Leeds and York Railway">Leeds and York Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mid-Suffolk_Light_Railway" title="Mid-Suffolk Light Railway">Mid-Suffolk Light Railway</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nightstar_(train)" title="Nightstar (train)">Nightstar (train)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_Holderness_Light_Railway" title="North Holderness Light Railway">North Holderness Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Railway" title="Ouse Valley Railway">Ouse Valley Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Picc-Vic_tunnel" title="Picc-Vic tunnel">Picc-Vic tunnel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Regional_Eurostar" title="Regional Eurostar">Regional Eurostar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kent_and_East_Sussex_Light_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="Kent and East Sussex Light Railway">Robertsbridge & Pevensey Light Railway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St_Germans_%26_Looe_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="St Germans & Looe Railway">St Germans & Looe Railway</a> (never completed)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superlink_(railway_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Superlink (railway network)">Superlink (railway network)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tees_Valley_Metro" title="Tees Valley Metro">Tees Valley Metro</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UK_Ultraspeed" title="UK Ultraspeed">UK Ultraspeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York_and_North_Midland_Railway_(Leeds_Extension)" class="mw-redirect" title="York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension)">York and North Midland Railway (Leeds Extension)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/York,_Hull_and_East_and_West_Yorkshire_Junction_Railway" title="York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway">York, Hull and East and West Yorkshire Junction Railway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:9em">Stations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Barrhead_(New)_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="Barrhead (New) railway station">Barrhead (New)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brierdene_railway_station" title="Brierdene railway station">Brierdene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cassiobridge_tube_station" title="Cassiobridge tube station">Cassiobridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Collywell_Bay_railway_station" title="Collywell Bay railway station">Collywell Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crowlands_railway_station" title="Crowlands railway station">Crowlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_Sheffield_Airport_railway_station" title="Doncaster Sheffield Airport railway station">Doncaster Sheffield Airport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doncaster_(York_Road)_railway_station" title="Doncaster (York Road) railway station">Doncaster (York Road)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dykebar_railway_station" title="Dykebar railway station">Dykebar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ferguslie_railway_station" title="Ferguslie railway station">Ferguslie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenfield_railway_station_(Scotland)" title="Glenfield railway station (Scotland)">Glenfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lullingstone_railway_station" title="Lullingstone railway station">Lullingstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paisley_East_railway_station" title="Paisley East railway station">Paisley East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Queens_Road_(GER)_railway_station" title="Queens Road (GER) railway station">Queens Road (GER)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richboro_Port_railway_station" title="Richboro Port railway station">Richboro Port</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Stanely_railway_station" title="Stanely railway station">Stanely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swithland_railway_station" title="Swithland railway station">Swithland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sykehouse_railway_station" title="Sykehouse railway station">Sykehouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thorpe-in-Balne_railway_station" title="Thorpe-in-Balne railway station">Thorpe-in-Balne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Watford_Vicarage_Road_tube_station" title="Watford Vicarage Road tube station">Watford Vicarage Road</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/West_Hampstead_interchange" class="mw-redirect" title="West Hampstead interchange">West Hampstead interchange</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Woodhorn_railway_station" title="Woodhorn railway station">Woodhorn</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div> <ul><li><span class="noviewer" 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