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  • Cheam railway station
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  • In 1844 Cheam was on the planned route for the London to Portsmouth atmospheric railway. The section of line between Croydon and Epsom was part of the London & Croydon Railway company who promoted the Clegg and Samuda atmospheric principle, utilizing a pipe. This project failed, and Cheam station became part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 10 May 1847.
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  • Cheam station main building.JPG
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  • y
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Platforms
  • 2
fare zone
  • 5
Events
  • Opened
Name
  • Cheam
Locale
Manager
borough
Caption
  • Main building
access
  • yes
railexits
  • 0.661000
  • 0.705000
  • 1
  • 1.052000
  • 1.053000
  • 1.074000
  • 1.080000
  • 1.110000
col
  • 8
Symbol
  • rail
Years
  • 1847-05-10
SE None
  • y
Latitude
  • 51.356000
Longitude
  • -0.214700
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Mole Valley
  • y
railcode
  • CHE
Route
abstract
  • In 1844 Cheam was on the planned route for the London to Portsmouth atmospheric railway. The section of line between Croydon and Epsom was part of the London & Croydon Railway company who promoted the Clegg and Samuda atmospheric principle, utilizing a pipe. This project failed, and Cheam station became part of the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway on 10 May 1847. The station is almost 16 miles (26 km) from London Bridge station. Over the years Cheam station expanded, and was rebuilt and the rail bed widened in preparation for the installation of AC overhead electric services, which would have included the building of an additional central platform island. Due to the outbreak of the First World War, the full planned expansion was cancelled and was never completed. Nevertheless the through lines were still in place until the late 1970s when the Bognor/Portsmouth express services were withdrawn from the Sutton and Dorking route to serve an expanding Gatwick Airport. The wide space between the tracks still remains and shows where the fast lines had been laid prior their removal. The brick main buildings are on the Down side of the station.
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