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- The Epsom and Leatherhead Railway (E&LR) was a railway company in Surrey, England. Promoted independently, it opened its short line in 1859 and was worked by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was transferred to the joint ownership of the LSWR and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in 1860. Those companies operated passenger trains to Waterloo and London Bridge station respectively. In 1867 the LBSCR built an extension line from Leatherhead to Dorking, with the declared intention of continuing to the Sussex coast. A new Leatherhead station was built on the new line, and the LSWR was obliged to build its own independent, new Leatherhead station; this was a terminus for some years. In 1885 the LSWR opened a new line from Hampton Court Junction, near Surbiton, to Guildford via Cobham, the New Guildford line. This had a branch from Effingham to Leatherhead, terminating at the 1867 station which became a through station. Some trains ran from Waterloo to Guildford via the E&LR and Effingham. Meanwhile the LBSCR developed the main line into Sussex, slowly increasing fast services on the route. The E&LR line was electrified in 1925, and in 1938 electrification was continued to the south coast and on to Portsmouth; electrically operated express trains ran over the E&LR route. At the present day the express trains have been diverted to the Gatwick Airport route, but the E&LR continues to serve commuters and other local passenger requirements. (en)
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- The Epsom and Leatherhead Railway (E&LR) was a railway company in Surrey, England. Promoted independently, it opened its short line in 1859 and was worked by the London and South Western Railway (LSWR). It was transferred to the joint ownership of the LSWR and the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) in 1860. Those companies operated passenger trains to Waterloo and London Bridge station respectively. In 1867 the LBSCR built an extension line from Leatherhead to Dorking, with the declared intention of continuing to the Sussex coast. A new Leatherhead station was built on the new line, and the LSWR was obliged to build its own independent, new Leatherhead station; this was a terminus for some years. (en)
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