Scan of a slide taken in February 1996; A time line:
1848; The original Horsham station opened as a terminus of a single track LB&SCR branch line from Three Bridges.
1859 to 1867; The station was enlarged on several occasions to coincide with the doubling of the branch line from Three Bridges; the extension of the railway from Horsham along the Arun Valley Line; the opening of new lines from Horsham to Shoreham via Steyning and from Christ's Hospital to Guildford. Finally, in 1867 a new route to Dorking, Leatherhead and thence to London, was opened.
1875; The station was again partially rebuilt and resignalled, with three signal boxes.
1938; The present station was built by the Southern Railway in the International Modern Style to coincide with the electrification of the line. The building was designed by James Robb Scott and is grade II listed.
1965; The line to Guildford closed to passengers in 1965.
1966; The line to Shoreham closed to passengers in 1966.
Tags: Horsham Station
A somewhat flakey scan of a slide taken in February 1996, but given that that the Signal Box burned down a few years after this I've nevertheless uploaded it on the premise I will not be able to improve on this.... so apologies to the Flickrsphere!
Tags: Christs Hospital Station Christs Hospital Signal Box
Scan of a slide taken February 1996; Surely a contender for the ugliest station building in England, although Wool probably wins. This is the result of the original buildings being demolished, the following from Wikipedia explains:
"In spite of a plea from the architectural critic Ian Nairn that Christ's Hospital station should be preserved in its original form, rationalisation began in autumn 1972 and continued until December, involving much simplification of the buildings and track layout to reduce them to a size more suited to the station's existing traffic. The station was rebuilt out of all recognition with demolition of all the main station buildings and reduction of the number of platforms from seven to two. The platforms that remain in use were originally numbered "3" and "4"; these are now respectively the Down and Up platforms served by the double track line between Horsham and Billingshurst.
Rubble from the works was used to infill the road for platform 1 and a section of the subway beneath it. In the place of the station building was a car park. The Guildford platforms were fenced off from the rest of the station and they remain in evidence in an overgrown state.
The destruction of the station building has been described as a "mammoth act of vandalism" and a "slaughter". Only the subway and the waiting room on the Down main line platform survived and this was adapted to house toilets and a booking office. A bus-stop type shelter was provided on platform and has been described as being "of a type that should have been outdated 100 years ago." Prior to demolition a "funeral party" was held by pupils and staff of Christ's Hospital school; 120 people attended with special tickets printed with a black border"
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Scan of a slide taken in 1996; in the background the semaphore signal and the signal box indicate the route of the extant Arun Valley line to Arundel Junction and hence on the West Coastway line. Two now disused lines run through the station; the Steyning line to Shoreham (opened 1861 closed 1966) and the Cranleigh line to Guildford (opened 1865 to 1965). I think the disused platform was used by services on the Cranleigh line.
Scan of a slide taken in 1996; Two now disused lines run through the station; the Steyning line to Shoreham (opened 1861 closed 1966) and the Cranleigh line to Guildford (opened 1865 to 1965). I think the disused platform was used by services on the Cranleigh line.