West Grinstead railway station was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of West Grinstead. It had a goods yard with a cattle loading bay and facilities for handling horse boxes. With the hunt kennels and national stud based in the area, the station saw substantial horse traffic.[2]

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath. The main station building and station worker's cottages, although now privately owned, remain, as do the station platforms.[3] The old stationmaster's house is now a base for the WSCC Low Weald Countryside Rangers.[4] The local parish council have erected a replica station sign in the vicinity, and an old railway signal has also been installed.[3] A British Railways Mark 1 railway carriage has also been placed on rails in the former goods yard.[5][6]

At the south end of West Grinstead station, the Downs Link runs beneath the A272 in an underpass tunnel. It was built in 1987, when the original humpback road bridge over the railway was replaced by the current structure.[7][8]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Southwater   British Rail
Southern Region
Steyning Line 		  Partridge Green
  • Station remains as part of the Downs Link.
    Station remains as part of the Downs Link.
  • West Grinstead station remains.
    West Grinstead station remains.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Index". Archived from the original on 17 June 2002. Retrieved 2 December 2016.
  2. ^ West Sussex County Council Press Release, 6 June 2000
  3. ^ a b d'Enno, Douglas (2016). Sussex Railway Stations through time. Stroud: Amberley Publishing. pp. 9–10. ISBN 978-1-44-564876-7.
  4. ^ "The station where leaves on the line are never a problem". West Sussex Gazette. No. 7797. 23 September 2004. p. S5.
  5. ^ "Information point for Downs Link walkers". West Sussex Gazette. No. 7471. 2 July 1998. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Plea for more volunteers". West Sussex County Times. 19 July 2002. p. 20.
  7. ^ "Work on bridge". West Sussex County Times. 31 October 1986. p. 13.
  8. ^ "Work to lower bridge". West Sussex County Times. 20 February 1987. p. 19.

50°59′22″N 0°18′51″W / 50.9895°N 0.3143°W / 50.9895; -0.3143

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