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Belmont railway station serves the suburb of Belmont in the London Borough of Sutton in south London. The station is located on the Epsom Downs line, part of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line services of the Southern, and is in Travelcard Zone 5. Belmont is a place in the London Borough of Sutton (Note: there is also a Belmont in the London Borough of Harrow). ...
The London Borough of Sutton is a London borough in outer southwest London. ...
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The Sutton & Mole Valley Line is the name given to the commuter services in south London and Surrey operated by the Southern from London (Victoria and London Bridge to Horsham and Epsom Downs. ...
A Southern Class 171 Turbostar on display at the York Railfest exhibition on 3rd June 2004 prior to entering service. ...
Travelcard Zone 5 is the fifth outward zone of the Transport for London zonal system used for calculating co-ordinated inter-modal Travelcard fares within London. ...
History
The station was opened by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway, as part of the Epsom Downs branch line, on 22 May 1865. The branch was originally laid as double track because of the race traffic, and was electrified on 17 June 1928. Now the branch has been singled for most of its length, and trains stopping at Belmont use only the Down platform, where a modern CLASP building has been erected, although the Up platform still exists, as does the footbridge connecting the two platforms. Early days The London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway or LB&SCR was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1846 to 1923. ...
Epsom Downs railway station is in the Reigate and Banstead council area of Surrey. ...
The station was originally named California, and was only changed to Belmont in 1875. A local resident was charged with poaching, but not wishing to be sentenced to transportation he fled to the USA to join the California Gold Rush. Having made his fortune, he returned to the area and built a public house called the California Arms, after which the station was named. The name was changed to Belmont due to the large number of mail items being wrongly sent to California USA! Gold rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
An amusingly named pub (the Old New Inn) at Bourton-on-the-Water, in the Cotswold Hills of south west England A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British culture. ...
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The California Arms is now known as Belmonts Restaurant, and is a new building built on the site in 1955. The original was heavily damaged by German bombing in 1941. A plaque on the wall commemorates a Private Gibb who held up the debris for three hours while buried women were rescued. For his bravery, he was awarded the BEM. The British Empire Medal (Medal of the Order of the British Empire for Meritorious Service) is a British medal awarded for meritorious civil or military service worthy of recognition by the crown. ...
Train services The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Sutton, West Croydon, Norbury and Clapham Junction, and one train per hour to Epsom Downs. Victoria Station concourse Victoria station is a London Underground and railway station in London, in the City of Westminster. ...
Sutton railway station is the main station for Sutton in South London. ...
West Croydon station is a key transport interchange for National Rail, Tramlink and London Buses services in Croydon in south London. ...
Norbury railway station is in the London Borough of Croydon in south London. ...
The acute end of the railway junction at Clapham Junction, facing east. ...
Epsom Downs railway station is in the Reigate and Banstead council area of Surrey. ...
External links Map of Mole Valley lines (http://www.southernrailway.com/route_info/maps/mole_valley.shtml) - Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=BLM) for Belmont railway station from National Rail
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National Rail uses the BR double arrow logo National Rail is a brand name describing the passenger rail service previously provided by British Rail, the now defunct UK state-owned rail operator. ...
Sutton railway station is the main station for Sutton in South London. ...
A Southern Class 171 Turbostar on display at the York Railfest exhibition on 3rd June 2004 prior to entering service. ...
Grid reference: TQ246604 Banstead railway station serves the one-time village, now extensive London suburb, of Banstead in the Borough of Reigate and Banstead in Surrey. ...
| British railway system | Stations of London For transport in Northern Ireland, see rail transport in Ireland Class 180 Multiple Unit of First Great Western at speed near Yate, Bristol, England. ...
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The acute end of the railway junction at Clapham Junction, facing east. ...
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