The Midhurst Railways were three branch lines which were built to serve the market town of Midhurst in the English county of West Sussex. The three lines were the Petersfield Railway, from Petersfield; the Mid-Sussex Railway extended by the Mid-Sussex and Midhurst Junction Railway, from Hardham Junction (Pulborough); and from Chichester. The Petersfield Railway opened in 1864, the promoting company having been absorbed by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) in 1863. The Mid-Sussex lines reached Midhurst in 1866, after being absorbed by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in 1862. The two lines did not connect, and there were two separate stations close by one another. The Chichester line took much longer to complete, and was opened in 1881, and a new LBSCR station was opened, replacing the first station. In 1925 the former LSWR line was connected to that station.
The lines were never busy and the area remained rural; the Chichester line was closed to passenger trains in 1935. A culvert on that line was washed out in 1951 causing a goods train to fall into the cavity. The line was severed and never reopened past that point. Passenger services were withdrawn on the Petersfield – Midhurst – Pulborough axis in 1955, and goods traffic ended in 1966.
The Chichester to Lavant line continued with a very sporadic goods service, and that ended in 1968. Gravel extraction at Lavant revived the southern part of the line in 1971, and that continued until 1991. The lines now have no railway activity.
The MidhurstRailways were three branch lines which were built to serve the market town of Midhurst in the English county of West Sussex. The three lines...
Midhurst (/ˈmɪdhurst/) is a market town, parish and civil parish in West Sussex, England. It lies on the River Rother 20 miles (32 km) inland from the...
Midhurstrailway station used to serve the market town of Midhurst in the English county of West Sussex. The first railway to reach the town was a branch...
located on the former London, Brighton and South Coast Railway single track Pulborough to Midhurst branch line. It had a single platform, and a passing...
MidhurstRailways line from Horsham to Pulborough, Petworth and Midhurst was opened on 10 October 1859. The section from Hardham Junction to Midhurst...
Redhill. The first railway to reach Pulborough was that from Horsham to Petworth, opened on 10 October 1859 and extended to Midhurst in 1866. Pulborough...
were sited close to the (now closed) Midhurst Common railway station on the Midhurst to Petersfield (L.S.W.R.) railway line. The works were established in...
- Cheshunt. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 85 caption xiii. ISBN 978-1-908174-53-6. Allen, Cecil J. (1955). The Great Eastern Railway. Shepperton:...
Bridge to Addiscombe. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 55. ISBN 1-873793-20-0. Jackson, Alan A (1999). London's Local Railways (2nd ed.). Harrow Weald:...
to Rickmansworth. Midland Main Lines. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-49-7. Chronology of London Railways by H.V.Borley Forgotten Stations of Greater...
platform on the north side of the level crossing serving the branch to Midhurst closed in 1955. The main buildings date back to the opening of the line...
former London Brighton and South Coast Railway line between Chichester and Midhurst. The station was designed by T. H. Myres, in his standardized Domestic...
East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton Press. p. 60. ISBN 1-873793-80-4. Mitchell, Vic; Smith, Keith (1996). East London Line. Midhurst, UK: Middleton...
around North Woolwich. Midhurst UK: Middleton Press. p. 59. ISBN 1-901706-65-6. Jackson, Alan.A (199). London's lost railways (Second ed.). Harrow Weald...
served by the revamped suburban Jazz service. After the Railways Act 1921 the country's railways were grouped into four companies, with effect from 1 January...
Line. Midhurst UK: Middleton Press. p. 3. ISBN 1-873793-944. "London Midland Region Passenger services June 1963". Timetable World. British railways (original...
village was served by Fittleworth railway station,now a private dweller , on a branch line of the now-defunct MidhurstRailways, from 1889 to 1963. There are...
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station, which re-opened in 1961. There used to be a branch line north to Midhurst and an additional two platforms which were up and down bay platforms at...
ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508. Gray, Adrian (1998). South Eastern and Chatham Railways. Midhurst: Middleton Press. p. 31. ISBN 1-9017-0608-7. Gray 1998, p. 31 Bradley...
Campbeltown and Machrihanish railways. However there were several private railways, including mine and quarry railways, which used the gauge. This list...
Guildford, Chichester and Portsmouth Railway, intended to run from the Guildford Junction line and through Godalming and Midhurst to Chichester and Portsmouth...
of heritage railways and funiculars in Switzerland List of mountain railways in Switzerland The construction and operation of Swiss railways during the...
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