Henfield railway station

Henfield was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Henfield. It was equipped with a siding which received coal to serve the Steam Mill and Gas Works.

Henfield
LocationHenfield, Horsham, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ206161
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
16 October 1861[1] 1 July 1861[2]Opened
7 March 1966Closed

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath. Nothing remains of the station today other than the name "Station Road". A housing estate named "Beechings" occupies much of the station's site, somewhat ironically given that it was British Rail Chairman Richard Beeching whose report recommended closure of the line.[3]

Henfield Station was used in the Second World War as the loading point for locally grown sugar beet to be transported North to London, and Betley Bridge where the line crossed the River Adur about a mile to the North was a strategic target for German bombers.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Partridge Green   British Rail
Southern Region

Steyning Line
  Steyning

See also

References

  1. Oppitz, Leslie (2001). Lost Railways of Sussex. Countryside Books. ISBN 978-1-85306-697-9.
  2. "Index".
  3. Henfield History Group

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