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Old October 24th 04, 06:07 PM posted to uk.railway,uk.transport.london
Stuart Stuart is offline
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Default Disappeared track

Troy Steadman wrote:
Every day I drive past this old railway which I never saw in action
but have often heard about:

http://www.irsociety.co.uk/Archives/...ht_railway.htm

...but the map of 1932 doesn't show the original track to Long Grove.
Does anyone know exactly where it went and if there are any traces? It
ought to be visible from the air:



The bridge under Hook Road was still there until a few years ago. One
side of the road is Hook Road Arena, the other is a golf driving range
but the bridge was fenced off and not used (it might even have been
filled in underneath)

Recently though they've totally remodelled the road layout in the area,
including the juction of Hook and Chessington Roads and the 'bridge' has
gone