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The Wimbledon and Dorking Railway was an early railway company in southern England. The proposed route overlapped with other proposed and existing lines. The part actually constructed became the first section of what was later known as the Mole Valley Line.
History
The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) had had a service to Epsom since 1847. Determined to get a share of the race traffic, the London and South Western Railway (LSWR) backed the Wimbledon and Dorking Railway, formed by an Act of 27 July 1857. The original ambitious plans envisaged a route from Wimbledon via Epsom and the Mole Valley gap to Dorking, but this was truncated to accomodate other approved lines in the area. As built it ran from "Epsom Junction" (now Raynes Park), on the LSWR main line, via Worcester Park and Stoneleigh to Epsom where it connected end-on to the [[../Epsom and Leatherhead Railway|Epsom and Leatherhead Railway]].
The 5¾ mile line opened on 4 April 1859 and was worked by the LSWR, which formally acquired the company on 3 June 1862.[1]
References
- ^ Grant, Donald J. (2017). Directory of The Railway Companies of Great Britain. Leicester: Troubador Publishing Ltd. p. 616.