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searchaux" style="display:none">Abandoned 19th-century railway scheme</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Woldingham_Viaduct,_Oxted_line,_Surrey.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg/240px-Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg" decoding="async" width="240" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg/360px-Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg/480px-Woldingham_Viaduct%2C_Oxted_line%2C_Surrey.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2587" data-file-height="1940" /></a><figcaption>Woldingham Viaduct, completed before work ceased in 1869<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1990218-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The <b>Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway</b> (SSJR) was an abortive railway scheme to link <a href="/wiki/South_Croydon_railway_station" title="South Croydon railway station">Croydon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_West_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells West railway station">Tunbridge Wells</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Oxted" title="Oxted">Oxted</a>. The company obtained powers to build the line, with the intention that it would be worked by the <a href="/wiki/London_Brighton_and_South_Coast_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Brighton and South Coast Railway">London Brighton and South Coast Railway</a> (LB&SCR). The project was abandoned, before completion, in 1867. Much of the trackbed was used in the 1880s for the construction of the <a href="/wiki/Oxted_line" title="Oxted line">Oxted line</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History<span class="anchor" id="Surrey_and_Sussex_Junction_Railway_Act_1865"></span></h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surrey_and_Sussex_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway Act 1865</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Short_and_long_titles" title="Short and long titles">Long title</a></th><td class="infobox-data description">An Act for making certain Railways from the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway to the East Grinstead, Groombridge, and Tunbridge Wells Railway, and to the Brighton, Uckfield, and Tunbridge Wells Railway; and for other Purposes.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/28_%26_29_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="28 & 29 Vict.">28 & 29 Vict.</a> c. ccclxxix</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">6 July 1865</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The railway originated as an independent scheme drawn up by several former officers and directors of the LB&SCR in 1864 to link <a href="/wiki/South_Croydon_railway_station" title="South Croydon railway station">Croydon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Tunbridge_Wells_West_railway_station" title="Tunbridge Wells West railway station">Tunbridge Wells</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Oxted" title="Oxted">Oxted</a>. The intention was that the line, once built, would be worked by, or else leased to, the LB&SCR. An <a href="/wiki/Act_of_Parliament_(UK)" class="mw-redirect" title="Act of Parliament (UK)">act of Parliament</a> (<a href="/wiki/28_%26_29_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="28 & 29 Vict.">28 & 29 Vict.</a> c. ccclxxix) was granted in July 1865.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It authorised the SSJR to build a railway from <a href="/wiki/East_Croydon_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="East Croydon railway station">Croydon</a> to <a href="/wiki/Groombridge_railway_station" title="Groombridge railway station">Groombridge</a>, where there was to be a <a href="/wiki/Junction_(rail)" title="Junction (rail)">junction</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Three_Bridges%E2%80%93Tunbridge_Wells_line" title="Three Bridges–Tunbridge Wells line">East Grinstead to Tunbridge Wells line</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The scheme was controversial as the SSJR was sponsored by the LB&SCR,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but ran into parts of Surrey and East Sussex which were considered <a href="/wiki/South_Eastern_Railway_(England)" title="South Eastern Railway (England)">South Eastern Railway</a> (SER) territory.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In retaliation, the SER put forward proposals for a new "London, Lewes and Brighton" railway, together with the <a href="/wiki/London_Chatham_and_Dover_Railway" class="mw-redirect" title="London Chatham and Dover Railway">London Chatham and Dover Railway</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner1978171–172_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner1978171–172-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><span class="anchor" id="London,_Brighton_and_South_Coast_and_Surrey_and_Sussex_Junction_Railway_Companies'_Amalgamation_Act_1869"></span> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">United Kingdom legislation</div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent mw-collapsible mw-collapsed"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="font-size:100%"><span style="font-size:125%">London, Brighton and South Coast and Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway Companies' Amalgamation Act 1869</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-weight: bold;">Act of Parliament</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/140px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="140" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/210px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0d/Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg/280px-Coat_of_Arms_of_the_United_Kingdom_%281837%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1550" data-file-height="1550" /></span></span><div class="infobox-caption"><a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Parliament of the United Kingdom</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Short_and_long_titles" title="Short and long titles">Long title</a></th><td class="infobox-data description">An Act for the amalgamation of the Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway with the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway ; and for other Purposes.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Citation_of_United_Kingdom_legislation" title="Citation of United Kingdom legislation">Citation</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/32_%26_33_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="32 & 33 Vict.">32 & 33 Vict.</a> c. lxxii</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="border-top: 1px solid #aaa;">Dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Royal_assent" title="Royal assent">Royal assent</a></th><td class="infobox-data">12 July 1869</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Construction of the SSJR was slow, in part because of the <a href="/wiki/Panic_of_1866" title="Panic of 1866">1866 financial panic</a> caused by failure of <a href="/wiki/Overend,_Gurney_and_Company" title="Overend, Gurney and Company">Overend, Gurney and Company</a>. In 1869, there was a riot at <a href="/wiki/Edenbridge,_Kent" title="Edenbridge, Kent">Edenbridge</a> because Belgian <a href="/wiki/Navvy" title="Navvy">navvies</a> were being employed to build the line instead of local labourers.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second act of Parliament (<a href="/wiki/32_%26_33_Vict." class="mw-redirect" title="32 & 33 Vict.">32 & 33 Vict.</a> c. lxxii) was obtained in 1869 to transfer the line formally to the LB&SCR,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which immediately asked for powers to suspend works. The company paid a penalty of £32,250 and construction ceased immediately.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time works ceased in 1869, the SSJR had completed the brick, four-arch Woldingham Viaduct.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1990218-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Substantial progress had been made on the construction of the 2,267 yd long (2.073 km) Oxted Tunnel, although sources disagree as to whether <a href="/wiki/Tunnel_hole-through" title="Tunnel hole-through">breakthrough</a> had been achieved.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1990218-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKidner19727_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKidner19727-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199973–74_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199973–74-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Excavation of the Riddlesdown, Limpsfield and Mark Beech Tunnels had also begun.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20036–7-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>No work took place on the unfinished railway line until 1878, when a third act of Parliament authorised the Croydon, Oxted and East Grinstead (CO&EGR) railway. The new company took over much of the uncompleted SSJR trackbed between South Croydon and Hurst Green, from where its line would run south to <a href="/wiki/East_Grinstead_railway_station" title="East Grinstead railway station">East Grinstead</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20038–9_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20038–9-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The railway historian, Alan Jackson, writes that the 10 mi (16 km) of line north of Oxted was "practically identical" to the SSJR route.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199972_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199972-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, the abandoned and incomplete Limpsfield Tunnel workings had collapsed and so a new tunnel was bored, immediately to the east.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner1978169_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner1978169-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner197928_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner197928-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Riddlesdown and Oxted Viaducts were constructed by the CO&EGR to a design by Henry Wallis using <a href="/wiki/Wrought_iron" title="Wrought iron">wrought iron</a> girders, in preference to building in brick, as intended by the SSJR.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould200339_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould200339-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Oxted_line" title="Oxted line">South Croydon–East Grinstead line</a> finally opened to passenger traffic on 10 March 1884.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould200311_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould200311-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The general alignment of the southern part of the SSJR (between Hurst Green and Groombridge) was followed by the Oxted and Groombridge Railway (O&GR), authorised in 1881.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20039_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20039-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There were significant differences in the two routes, including the length of Mark Beech Tunnel, the construction of which was started by the SSJR. Originally intended to be 1,100 yd (1,000 m) long, the tunnel was 1,338 yd (1,223 m) long when completed by the O&GR.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTETurner1978169_14-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTETurner1978169-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1884, the LB&SCR was authorised to acquire the O&GR and the line opened on 2 January 1888.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990221_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1990221-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJackson199970_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJackson199970-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Surrey_and_Sussex_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-lower-alpha"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Construction of the <a href="/wiki/Ouse_Valley_Railway" title="Ouse Valley Railway">Ouse Valley Railway</a>, which was to have linked <a href="/wiki/Lindfield,_West_Sussex" title="Lindfield, West Sussex">Lindfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Uckfield_railway_station" title="Uckfield railway station">Uckfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hailsham_railway_station" title="Hailsham railway station">Hailsham</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bexhill_railway_station" title="Bexhill railway station">Bexhill-on-Sea</a>, was similarly abandoned by the LB&SCR in 1868.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGould20038–9_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEGould20038–9-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <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=Surrey_and_Sussex_Junction_Railway&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-FOOTNOTEGray1990218-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-FOOTNOTEGray1990218_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="#CITEREFGray1990">Gray 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