[Sussex] Newick and Chailey Station last days.

[Leekbrookgull]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHV-PsoXIWM

 

[Weststander]

I watched that before.

Amazing to see those tiny and rarely used stations.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I watched that before.

Amazing to see those tiny and rarely used stations.

Never seen it before,would like to see if there is any more ?

 

[VAL1850]

Thanks for posting, More please??

 

[Eeyore]

I love this stuff.

For train nerds, i wrote a piece about the Bradshaw's directory of 1938. And added a few Sussex timetables...

https://brightonlines.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/bradshaws-brighton-the-golden-age-of-rail-1938/

 

[AmexRuislip]

I love this stuff.

For train nerds, i wrote a piece about the Bradshaw's directory of 1938. And added a few Sussex timetables...

https://brightonlines.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/bradshaws-brighton-the-golden-age-of-rail-1938/

Always a joy

 

[GT49er]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHV-PsoXIWM

There's not much Sussex railway footage that I haven't found on Youtube, but that was new to me, so thanks.

The timeless beauty and the serene futility of those little stations and the train services supplied to them becomes even more poignant as the years pass.

 

[Eeyore]

There's not much Sussex railway footage that I haven't found on Youtube, but that was new to me, so thanks.

The timeless beauty and the serene futility of those little stations and the train services supplied to them becomes even more poignant as the years pass.

I'm pretty sure the original railways were mostly created with cargo in mind. That may explain some of those splendid follies.

I've often thought about how useful the lines would be now. I think the answer is not much. Although I'm sure the East Grinstead to Three Bridges would be a profit making line. If the line had still ran to Steyning it would have been a far larger town now. Possibly.

Obviously, Lewes to Uckfield was the most rash decision. But that wasn't cut for passenger reasons. So I read.

 

[GT49er]

I love this stuff.

For train nerds, i wrote a piece about the Bradshaw's directory of 1938. And added a few Sussex timetables...

https://brightonlines.wordpress.com/2014/02/22/bradshaws-brighton-the-golden-age-of-rail-1938/

Excellent stuff - a good read. I still regret the passing of that beautiful bridge over Hartington Road, with its incredibly clever and beautiful brickwork. Should have been listed years before it was demolished.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

I'm pretty sure the original railways were mostly created with cargo in mind. That may explain some of those splendid follies.

I've often thought about how useful the lines would be now. I think the answer is not much. Although I'm sure the East Grinstead to Three Bridges would be a profit making line. If the line had still ran to Steyning it would have been a far larger town now. Possibly.

Obviously, Lewes to Uckfield was the most rash decision. But that wasn't cut for passenger reasons. So I read.

EG to TB or Uck to Lewes no chance,to many ppl making money out of the Hs2 gravy train.

 

[Leekbrookgull]

Those two lines are a home win,i would even go back to Forest Row.

 

[GT49er]

I'm pretty sure the original railways were mostly created with cargo in mind. That may explain some of those splendid follies.

I've often thought about how useful the lines would be now. I think the answer is not much. Although I'm sure the East Grinstead to Three Bridges would be a profit making line. If the line had still ran to Steyning it would have been a far larger town now. Possibly.

Obviously, Lewes to Uckfield was the most rash decision. But that wasn't cut for passenger reasons. So I read.

A lot of it by the time the Bluebell, Uckfield and Cuckoo lines were built in the later 1850s was territorial - make sure there was no room anywhere for the South Eastern to muscle in on LBSC territory.
Freight was important (which is why even the smallest station usually had a goods yard, with coal sidings and a cattle dock, as well as the clerks, porters and shunters required to run these facilities) but by 1850/60 the passenger traffic was a major consideration too. The station where I lived as a small child (remarkably still open today) owed its existence (and a surprisingly good train service!) back then to the fact that it had three customers with first class annual season tickets to London; that paid for a lot of the expenses of running the station! Every member of staff knew who they were too - I have to say, I'm pretty sure they got bloody good customer service!

 

[Eeyore]

A lot of it by the time the Bluebell, Uckfield and Cuckoo lines were built in the later 1850s was territorial - make sure there was no room anywhere for the South Eastern to muscle in on LBSC territory.
Freight was important (which is why even the smallest station usually had a goods yard, with coal sidings and a cattle dock, as well as the clerks, porters and shunters required to run these facilities) but by 1850/60 the passenger traffic was a major consideration too. The station where I lived as a small child (remarkably still open today) owed its existence (and a surprisingly good train service!) back then to the fact that it had three customers with first class annual season tickets to London; that paid for a lot of the expenses of running the station! Every member of staff knew who they were too - I have to say, I'm pretty sure they got bloody good customer service!

Fascinated to know which station that was and whether the area has built up since.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

used to love catching the train from the old Polegate train station to go out the Albion

late 70s

 

[GT49er]

Fascinated to know which station that was and whether the area has built up since.

Micheldever, in Hampshire, between Basingstoke and Winchester. The village has changed very little in over 60 years (although our one time garden is now a housing estate)! No longer four tracks through the station any more though, just a single island platform (which used to be a grassy bank with a signal box on it!)
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=m...UIHYCKCHMQ9QEwCnoECAoQBw#imgrc=ekaFG3wI5glkXM
Upstairs middle window was my bedroom......

 

[GT49er]

used to love catching the train from the old Polegate train station to go out the Albion

late 70s

I loved the old station too - my playground in the late 50s!

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

I loved the old station too - my playground in the late 50s!

I'd like a pound for every brick that was in there

 

[GT49er]

I'd like a pound for every brick that was in there

They should have kept the subway open too - it's still there, fully intact.

 

[GREASED WEASEL]

They should have kept the subway open too - it's still there, fully intact.

is it really

and rightly so

would love to walk through there again

 

[GT49er]

is it really

and rightly so

would love to walk through there again

You can still see the end of it (boarded up) in Black Path (or at least you could a couple of years ago when I was last there).