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Sharpthorne

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at the north end of the tunnel. The railway tracks were lifted in 1964/5 and the main station building demolished in 1967. When the Bluebell Railway reinstated the line in 1992 the station was not restored due to local residents' concerns about a likely increase in local road traffic. Now that the
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railway has been extended to East Grinstead, the line could provide a useful public transport facility for the residents of Sharpthorne, but it would not be possible to build a new station on the original site because current
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regulations do not permit a "new build" on a gradient. Any future station would most likely be located on the level stretch further north towards New Coombe Bridge which is further from the village.
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runs through the 731 yards (668 m) long Sharpthorne Tunnel underneath the village, the longest tunnel on a UK heritage railway. Prior to its closure in 1958, the village was served by
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Sharpthorne is located in West Sussex
West Sussex
OS grid reference
TQ373324
Civil parish
West Hoathly
District
Mid Sussex
Shire county
West Sussex
Region
South East
Country
England
Sovereign state
Post town
Postcode district
RH19
Dialling code
Police
Sussex
Fire
West Sussex
Ambulance
South East Coast
UK Parliament
Mid Sussex
UK
England

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