Baynards railway station

Baynards was a railway station on the Cranleigh Line. The line was single track and opened on 2 October 1865.

Baynards
LocationBaynards Park, Waverley, Surrey
England
Grid referenceTQ077351
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
2 October 1865Station opened
14 June 1965Station closed

The station comprises the stationmaster's house, two waiting rooms, covered platforms, storesheds, a booking hall, a porch and a large goods shed. The station covers in all 0.45 acres (0.18 ha).

History

It was built for Lord Thurlow, the owner of nearby Baynards Park, whose land was on the route of the proposed railway line. As a condition of sale, Lord Thurlow insisted on having a station built to serve his estate, despite there being no nearby settlement. The station was also used as the local post office in times when up to 30 horses and carts would queue outside on market days.

Baynards railway station in 1961

Near the station was the Baynards Brick and Tile Works which was served by its own private siding. In early years it was a brickworks, producing Fuller's earth for the wool industry, and then foundry clay in later years. It then became a chemical processing works, receiving annually 400 tons of goods by rail (including sulphur from Italy via the Thames docks, tin from Swansea and packaging from Sittingbourne), whilst also sending out its own goods, from seed dressings to polishing compounds.

The station closed in June 1965 when the Cranleigh Line was closed as part of the Beeching Axe.

The station was used in the 1957 BBC television adaptation of The Railway Children,[1] and several films including: They Were Sisters (1945), Room at the Top (1959), The Grass Is Greener (1960), The Horsemasters (1961), Monster of Terror and Rotten to the Core (both 1965).[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cranleigh
Line and station closed		   British Rail
Southern Region
Guildford to Horsham
Cranleigh Line		   Rudgwick
Line and station closed

Other Cranleigh Line stations

References
  1. "Echo of Baynard's Railway Children". BBC. Retrieved 7 May 2019.
  2. "Room at the Top". Reel Streets. Retrieved 7 May 2019.

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