Henfield railway station

Henfield
Location
Place	Henfield
Area	Horsham, West Sussex
Grid reference	TQ206161
Operations
Pre-grouping	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms	2
History
16 October 1861[1]	Opened
7 March 1966	Closed
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Henfield was a railway station on the Steyning Line which served the village of Henfield. It was equipped with a siding which received coal to serve the Steam Mill and Gas Works.

The station closed as a result of the Beeching Axe in 1966 and now forms part of the Downs Link footpath. Nothing remains of the station today other than the name "Station Road". A housing estate named "Beechings" occupies much of the station's site, somewhat ironically given that it was British Rail Chairman Richard Beeching whose report recommended closure of the line.^[2]

Henfield Station was used in the Second World War as the loading point for locally grown sugar beet to be transported North to London, and Betley Bridge where the line crossed the River Adur about a mile to the North was a strategic target for German bombers.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Partridge Green		British Rail Southern Region Steyning Line		Steyning

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Oppitz, Leslie (2001). Lost Railways of Sussex. Countryside Books. ISBN 1-85306-697-4.
2. Henfield History Group

Coordinates: 50°55′55″N 0°17′07″W / 50.9320°N 0.2853°W