Bramley Station which served the local village was originally
opened in 1865 as part of the Guildford - Horsham Branch Line. In
1876 a second platform was installed and in June 1888 the station
changed it's name to "Bramley and Wonersh" to encompass the nearby
village of Wonersh.
On the 16th December 1942, a German plane dropped a bomb on a
train leaving the station, badly damaging the train and killing 7
people, including the driver and the guard.
In 1965, The Guildford - Horsham line was the only branch line
in Surrey to be axed by the infamous Dr Beeching. Whilst the line
was removed, the trackbed has remained undeveloped.
In the 1980s, the line took on new life as it was redeveloped
into the Downs Link, a public footpath and bridlepath linking the
North and South Downs.
