Sutton-Cheam railway (2)

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Sutton-Cheam railway (2)

Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: Unknown

The straight line leads to Cheam, the sinuous one to West Sutton on the Thameslink route. I know next to nothing about such matters, but the latter looks to me to be unusually steep for a railway. Could it explain some of Thameslink's delays? I'm certainly surprised they've never tried that one on. Taken from the aptly-named Bridge Road, looking in the opposite direction to this photo: Image

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Image Location

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51.358679
Longitude
-0.197769