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Dist:0.2km<br/>The London & Southampton Railway opened its line from Nine Elms to Southampton in 1838. This soon became the London & South Western Railway. In 1859 the London & South Western Railway opened a branch to Epsom. This left the main line west of Wimbledon. Richard Garth of Morden bought the adjacent West Barnes farmlands from the Rayne family for development and persuaded the LSWR to build a station at the junction. It opened in 1871 and was named Raynes Park, which in turn gave its name to the surrounding district. At this time there was no place of any importance between Wimbledon and Epsom and little traffic used the line except on race days. Although the line had been opened in 1859, a station was not opened until 1925 to serve the West Barnes area, which had been built over during the 1920s and 1930s. This was named Motspur Park. Motspur Park only became a junction in 1938 when the Chessington Branch was opened. This was a very late arrival and never reached through to its planned destination of Leatherhead. Like many stations in this area, Motspur Park has an island platform. This is the view from the end of the platform looking towards Raynes Park.
©Ian Yarham
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©John Salmon
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.3km<br/>The London & Southampton Railway opened its line from Nine Elms to Southampton in 1838. This soon became the London & South Western Railway. In 1859 the London & South Western Railway opened a branch to Epsom. This left the main line west of Wimbledon. Richard Garth of Morden bought the adjacent West Barnes farmlands from the Rayne family for development and persuaded the LSWR to build a station at the junction. It opened in 1871 and was named Raynes Park, which in turn gave its name to the surrounding district. At this time there was no place of any importance between Wimbledon and Epsom and little traffic used the line except on race days. Although the line had been opened in 1859, a station was not opened until 1925 to serve the West Barnes area, which had been built over during the 1920s and 1930s. This was named Motspur Park. Motspur Park only became a junction in 1938 when the Chessington Branch was opened. This was a very late arrival and never reached through to its planned destination of Leatherhead. Like many stations in this area, Motspur Park has an island platform. Footbridges lead over each track to either Claremont Avenue or Station Road. This is the view from the former footbridge.
©Ian Yarham
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©Stacey Harris
Dist:0.3km<br/>Houses built in the 1930's. Typical whitewashed pebble dashing of the area. Difficult to imagine that before the 1930's this area was woodland and grazing pasture for cattle. One of the farms in the area was owned by the Rayne family who gave their name to Raynes Park.
©Tony Grant
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©David Howard
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©David Howard

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