Cheam railway station serves Cheam in the

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. It is located on the Sutton & Mole Valley Lines section from Sutton to

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with trains to London Victoria and London Bridge both via

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and West Croydon.

History

In 1844 Cheam was on the planned route for the

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. The section of line between

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and

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

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on 10 May 1847. Cheam railway station geograph-3105164-by-Ben-Brooksbank

The station is almost 16 miles (26 km) from

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. 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

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, the full planned expansion was cancelled and was never completed. Nevertheless, the through lines were still in place until 1978 after the Bognor Regis and Portsmouth express services were withdrawn from the Sutton and Dorking route to serve an expanding . 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.

Services

All services at Cheam are operated by Southern using EMUs. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to via * 2 tph to * 2 tph to of which 1 continues to On Saturday evenings (after approximately 18:45) and on Sundays, there is no service south of Dorking to Horsham.

Connections

London Buses route 470 serves the station.

References

External links

Southern E-Group
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