Banstead railway station, Surrey
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Image: © Nigel Thompson Taken: 2 Apr 2015
Opened in 1865 by the London Brighton & South Coast Railway on the line from Sutton to Epsom Downs. Between 1898 and 1928 the station was called Banstead & Burgh Heath. View east towards Belmont and Sutton. Until 1982 there were two tracks and two platforms, with a mirror-image footbridge from the left-hand side of the building.