North Downs Line
The North Downs Line is a railway line in England connecting Reading, Berkshire, to Redhill, Surrey. It links many centres of population in the part of the North Downs which it covers. Some trains continue beyond Redhill to Gatwick Airport.
North Downs Line Media
A view of stations at Reading, c. 1865 – c. 1870, with the SER station (later known as Reading Southern) on the left, and the GWR station at higher level on the right
Ash Railway Bridge carries the North Downs Line over the Basingstoke Canal.
Betchworth station opened on 4 July 1849.
Wokingham Junction was created in 1856, when the line from Ascot opened. A Class 166 heads towards Guildford after departing from Wokingham station.
Reading Southern station in 1962: An electric multiple unit awaits its departure for London Waterloo (left) and a U class locomotive has just arrived from Redhill.
A Class 165 unit in Thames Trains livery at Crowthorne
Redhill station from the north: the new Platform 0 is on the far right
Services on the North Downs Line
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