Station Name: GROOMBRIDGE

[Source: Nick Catford]

Groombridge Station Gallery 3 1990 - 2014

Looking north-east from Station Road bridge in January 1990. 5 1/2 years after the station closed the track is being lifted.
Photo by Nick Catford

Looking north-east from the island platform in January 1990; apart from the lifting of the track, little else has changed since closure.
Photo by Nick Catford

Looking north east at Groombridge station in 1991 shortly after the track was relaid
for the Spa Valley Railway. The subway has been filled in.
Photo by Steve Obey

By 1992 the island platform and the north end of the down platform have been demolished and new housing is under construction. At this time a length of the down platform track was still in place
Photo by Ben Brooksbank

Groombridge down platform building in April 1993. A new platform has been built for the Spa Valley Railway on the west side of Station Road. Access to it is along the former down platform.
Photo by Alan Young

The Spa Valley Railway platform at Groombridge looking south-east from Station Road bridge in November 2005.
Photo by Nick Catford

The extension to the Spa Valley Railway platform and signal box under construction in May 2008. The original station building can be seen on the far side of the bridge.
Photo by Ravenseft. Copied from Wikipedia under creative commons licence

DEMU 1317 is seen at Groombridge station in February 2013. 1317 was one of 19 units to be produced at the Eastleigh works in 1962. Designated as 3D units they were popularly knows as 'Oxted' or 'East Sussex' units and were built to a slightly narrower width (8 feet 6 inches), to allow use between Tunbridge Wells West station and Tonbridge where there were width restrictions due to narrow tunnel clearances. This meant that the seating bays were 2 seats abreast as opposed to the 2 on one side – 3 on the other side that was afforded by the Hampshire units’ wider bodies. 1317 was eventually withdrawn from in March 2004 after completing 42 years service. It has now been been beautifully restored by the Spa Valley Railway and is the only 3 -carriage set in preservation (although the centre trailer is still being restored).Click here to see a film of this restored 'Thumper' on the Spa Valley Railway. Click here to see another film of 1317 at Eridge.
Photo by Martyn T Littell from his Flickr photostream

Looking north-west along the former down platform at Groombridge station in January 2014. A Spa Valley Railway maintenance team are at work on the track. Note the original British Rail 'corporate identity' sign as been reinstated in its original position on the platform.
Photo by Brian Halford

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