| Oxted Line
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Stations (from north to south)
| | South Croydon
| | | Sanderstead
| | | Riddlesdown
| | | Upper Warlingham
| | | Woldingham
| | | Oxted
| | | Hurst Green
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| Lingfield | Edenbridge Town
| | Dormans | Hever
| | East Grinstead | Cowden
| | | Ashurst
| | | Eridge
| | | Crowborough
| | | Buxted
| | | Uckfield
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The Oxted Line is a railway line in Southern England. It was originally operated by the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway, in part jointly with the South Eastern Railway. It is now part of the Southern franchise.
The line diverges from the main London to Brighton line at South Croydon. At Hurst Green it splits, one branch terminating at East Grinstead, the other at Uckfield.
Both branches formerly continued further. Part of the line south of East Grinstead is preserved as the Bluebell Line, and a short stretch of the line at Isfield (between Uckfield and Lewes) is preserved as the Lavender Line.
North of Sanderstead, at the former Selsdon railway station, there was until 1983 a connection with the line to Elmers End. At Eridge there is intended to be a connection with the preserved Spa Valley Railway (Tunbridge Wells and Eridge Line).
The line between Croydon and East Grinstead was opened as the Croydon, Oxted & East Grinstead Railway (a joint venture between the LBSCR and the SER) on 10 March 1884. In part it used trackbed constructed, but never used, by the abortive Surrey and Sussex Junction Railway in the 1860s.
The East Grinstead branch was not electrified until 1987. The Uckfield branch has still not been electrified, and is worked by diesel multiple units.
References
David Gould, The Croydon, Oxted & East Grinstead Railway. Oakwood Press, 2003. ISBN 0-85361-598-5.
External links
The Woodside & South Croydon Railway (http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/turkey/927/WSCR.html) - this is the connection to Elmers End mentioned above.
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