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The Southern Railway undertook a lot of rationalisation when it took over in 1923. Many stations in the same town owned by competing companies were closed such as in Midhurst, Leatherhead, Epsom as well as the rationalisation in the Thanet area of Margate/Ramsgate. Other stations closed - Dover...

At Uxbridge work started by GWR on constructing a link line between Uxbridge High Street branch and Uxbridge Vine Street branch. Work was well advance including construction of an overbridge and sections of embankment. Both branches were abandoned in the 1960s.

Southern Heights Railway between Orpington and Sanderstead. Plenty of survey work done. Light Railway Order was granted around 1928. Work began at Orpington with widening the embankment south of the station for a diveunder the mainline. No further work done due to lack of resources...

Romney, Hythe and Dymchurch Railway - 15inches

Woodside- Selsdon was mention in the Beeching Report as "Under consideration for closure before the report was published". Other electrified SR lines to close include Reading Southern- Spur Junction, Dover Western Docks, Holborn Viaduct to Blackfriars and Elmers End- Addiscombe. West Croydon-...

Up to closure in 1967 the Three Bridges- East Grinstead/ Tunbridge Wells West service operated as a shuttle from the down bay platform at Three Bridges.

I agree that closing Three Bridges to East Grinstead and Forest Row was a mistake. Prior to closure in 1967 both Grange Road and Forest Row had annual receipts of £5,000 which was the benchmark used by Beeching in assessing the profitability of a station. Rowfant served a sparsely populated area...

Some more closed stations- Port Victoria Gravesend West Tilbury Marine North Woolwich Queenborough Pier Stokes Bay (Hampshire)

One oddity (possibly unique on BR) was at Merton Park station. The main station building (including the ticket office) was situated on a disused platform (even after track was lifted). It was on the former up Tooting line platform - closed to passengers in 1929. The down platform was disused...

Unsure how Waddon Marsh got his name. In answer to Busaholic in later years there was a 45 minute interval service using one unit with short turn round times. In answer to 30907 the passing loop at Waddon Marsh was used occasionally for special services such as deicing or railhead cleaning...

Some more info.. It survived proposed closure in the mid 1970s- Closure notices were published but too many objections so proposal was scrapped. Passenger useage- Off peak when I used it on average about 20 or 30 passengers per train got on at each end which meant plenty of room for everyone in...

Travelled over the line many, many times when I was living in Croydon. I first started travelling on it during the 1960s when the service frequency was every 30 minutes worked by two train sets each formed of 2 EPB which passed each other at the midway point of Mitcham Junction. It had the feel...

Ashendon Jn- Aynho Jn via Bicester opened in 1910

The line between East Grinstead and Horsted Keynes was used for wagon storage after closure in 1958 until the early 1960s. An unusual one was the double line between Horsted Keynes and Ardingly was effectively singled in the early 1960s where one track was used for passenger service and the...

Wembley Stadium station was last used 18 May 1968 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wembley_Exhibition_railway_station. also confirmed by "Forgotten Stations of Greater London by J.E.Connor and B.Halford

I am rather puzzled by your remark as the photograph of TWW was taken just before closure in 1985. It was one of the last stations on BR to have gas lighting in the booking hall and under the station canopy. The original station platforms were demolished around 1988/89 after which the buildings...

Tunbridge Wells West station retained totems (and gas lighting) until closure in 1985 In 2021 in Huntly town centre I spotted a light blue directional sign for the station

Newhaven Marine station and short branch. When the last train ran no-one could use the station as it was inaccessible due to a dangerous roof.........!

Closed in 1961 before Beeching.

Berk and Hants line is still open and Salisbury- Ringwood amend to Salisbury- West Moors.... Other Beeching closures in Wiltshire include Chippenham- Calne, Patney & Chirton-Devizes- Holt Junction.