Oxted line

Oxted line
Southern Class 171 approaches Uckfield station
Overview
Status	Operational
Owner	Network Rail
Locale	Greater London Surrey East Sussex
Termini	London Victoria / London Bridge East Grinstead / Uckfield
Service
Type	Commuter rail, Suburban rail
System	National Rail
Operator(s)	Southern
Depot(s)	Selhurst
Rolling stock	Class 171, Class 377, Class 700
History
Opened	1884
Technical
Line length	43 mi 28 ch (69.8 km)
Track gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in) standard gauge
Electrification	750 V DC third rail (London Victoria/London Bridge to East Grinstead) None (Hurst Green to Uckfield)
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Legend
South Croydon Brighton Main Line Brighton Main Line Woodside and South Croydon Railway Selsdon Sanderstead Southern Hts Lt Rly to Orpington Authorised line not built Purley Downs Golf Club Halt Riddlesdown 837 yd 765 m Riddlesdown Tunnel Riddlesdown Viaduct Upper Warlingham Woldingham Viaduct Woldingham Oxted Tunnel 2266 yd 2072 m M25 Oxted Oxted Viaduct Limpsfield Tunnel 565 yd 517 m Hurst Green Hurst Green Junction Monks Lane Halt ( 1907− 1939 ) Crowhurst Spur (closed 1965) Edenbridge Tunnel 319 yd 292 m Redhill–Tonbridge line to Redhill Redhill–Tonbridge line to Tonbridge Edenbridge Town Lingfield Hever Mark Beech Tunnel 1341 yd 1226 m Dormans Cowden 2nd Ashurst Ashurst Junction East Grinstead High Level│Low Level LL 1st to Three Bridges Three Bridges to Tunbridge Wells (Spa Valley Railway) National Rail Bluebell Railway Groombridge Junction East Grinstead (Bluebell Railway) Spa Valley Railway on former down line Birchden Junction Eridge to Sheffield Park Redgate Mill Junction Cuckoo Line to Eastbourne Crowborough Buxted Uckfield Uckfield ( original site ) Wealden Line

The Oxted line is a railway in southern England and part of the Southern franchise. The railway splits into two branches towards the south and has direct trains throughout to London termini.

It was opened jointly by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and the South Eastern Railway in the late 19th century.

The line branches from the London to Brighton Main Line (which has two diverging northern branches) at South Croydon in Greater London. The line then passes under the North Downs in two tunnels, and then splits into two branches at Hurst Green, adjoining Oxted in Surrey. One of these branches ends at East Grinstead, the other at Uckfield, both market towns in Sussex.

The line between East Croydon and Hurst Green is double-track throughout, as is all of the East Grinstead branch, and all this route is electrified. The Uckfield branch has two tracks as far as Hever; the rest of the line is mostly single-track, but with two short double-track sections (a passing loop at Ashurst, and a short distance between Crowborough and just north of Buxted).