Epsom Downs railway station is in the Reigate and Banstead council area of Surrey. The station, and all trains serving it, is operated by Southern, and is part of the Sutton & Mole Valley Line services. Reigate and Banstead is a local government district with borough status in east Surrey. ... Surrey is a county in southern England, one of the Home Counties. It is divided into a number of districts - Elmbridge, Epsom and Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate and Banstead, Runnymede, Spelthorne, Surrey Heath, Tandridge, Waverley, Woking, and borders on Hampshire, Berkshire, Greater London, Kent, East Sussex and West Sussex. ... A Southern Class 171 Turbostar on display at the York Railfest exhibition on 3rd June 2004 prior to entering service. ... 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. ...

The typical off-peak service from the station is one train per hour to London Victoria via Sutton, West Croydon and Norbury. 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. ...

History

Grid reference: TQ228597 (http://www.rhaworth.myby.co.uk/oscoor_a.htm?TQ228597_region:GB)

With high levels of passengers travelling to Epsom for horse races, it became clear that a station near the course was needed. Attempts to build one immediately next to it were heavily opposed by the Epsom Grandstand Association and eventually land was purchased half a mile from the course. The station was opened on May 22, 1865 on the London & Brighton South Coast Railway's extension from Sutton. The line had double track and a nine platform station with a large building. Download high resolution version (448x644, 12 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Coulsdon Reigate Redhill, Surrey Tadworth Merstham Banstead railway station Epsom Downs railway station Categories: GBdot | GFDL images ... Download high resolution version (448x644, 12 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: Coulsdon Reigate Redhill, Surrey Tadworth Merstham Banstead railway station Epsom Downs railway station Categories: GBdot | GFDL images ... This article is about the map grid references in the UK. For the Great Britain, different from using latitude or longitude. ... See also Epsom, New Hampshire and Epsom, New Zealand. ... May 22 is the 142nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (143rd in leap years). ... 1865 is a common year starting on Sunday. ...

With the opening of Tattenham Corner railway station much closer to the racecourse on June 4, 1901 (Derby Day) traffic declined, helped in particular by the Royal Train changing its destination to Tattenham Corner in the 1920s. Services were cut back repeatedly over subsequent decades. In 1972 Epsom Downs cut the number of working platforms to just four, and then the entire line was reduced to single track operation in 1981. June 4 is the 155th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (156th in leap years), with 210 days remaining. ... 1901 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Royal Train is the name given to the set of carriages dedicated for the use of the British Monarch, other members of the Royal Family, and their staff. ... Sometimes referred to as the Roaring Twenties or the Jazz Age. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... 1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In the mid1980s the station was replaced by a new site several hundred metres up the line, with the old station and platforms demolished and the land inbetween given over to a major housing development. Events and trends The 1980s marked an abrupt shift towards more conservative lifestyles after the momentous cultural revolutions which took place in the 1960s and 1970s and the definition of the AIDS virus in 1981. ...

External links

• Sutton & Mole Valley Line map (http://www.southernrailway.com/route_info/maps/mole_valley.shtml)
• Train times (http://www.livedepartureboards.co.uk/ldb/summary.aspx?T=EPD) for Epsom Downs railway station from National Rail
• Street map (http://www.multimap.com/map/places.cgi?client=public&lang=&advanced=&quicksearch=KT174JP) and aerial photo (http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&lang=&pc=KT174JP) of Epsom Downs railway station from Multimap.com

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. ... Multimap. ... 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. ... 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. ... A Southern Class 171 Turbostar on display at the York Railfest exhibition on 3rd June 2004 prior to entering service. ...