Don't expect any actual train schedule on this page,
this website was established to show a little part of Britains Railway History. Ockley Station and its sister stations had a special design, which made them
unique and worthy of protection.
For some of them the public awareness came a little late,
but some still got the chance not to be demolished (in parts or in whole)!!
Pictures above: 2 trains 80 years apart !
The station was built in 1867 to a design favoured by the London Brighton & South Coast Railway for its country stations in the 1860s.
The
only significant alterations since it was built have been the extension of
the booking office on the road side in a style matching the original in
1901.
(additions carried out following a successful tender by Cropley Bros;
LB&SCR Engineering Committee Minutes 25/9/01, Public Record Office
RAIL 414) and
the covering of the steps to the subway in 1892.
( Work carried out by R. Cook LB&SCR E.C.M. 9.2 92)
and a short unsympathetic extension to the canopy post 1923.
The other examples of the design were constructed as follows:
1866 Forest Row (demolished),
Hartfield (extant),
Withvham (extensively altered and has lost
canopy)
1867 Warnham (extant but has lost canopy)
1868 Crowborough (demolished),
Buxted (only booking office remains, station
house and canopy demolished).
By the way, if you are also interrested in classic military vehicles and not only in old train stations, you should note the
following dates in July: on the 4th and 5th of July the anual
Capel Military Vehicle Show will take place in Capel, Surrey, on the
Aldhurst
Dairy Farm.
For more info visit www.capel-military-vehicle-show.com