Cheam
Station
Cheam railway station
serves Cheam in the London Borough of Sutton. It is located on the
Sutton& Mole Valley Lines section from Sutton to Epsom with
trains to London. The origin of the line that serves Cheam station
has its roots firmly in the financial disaster called the
atmospheric railway! In 1844 the then London & Croydon Railway
promoted a line from Croydon to Epsom that was to be worked using
the Clegg and Samuda atmospheric principle, utilizing a 15" pipe,
with plans to go on to Portsmouth. It never happened as the first
short test line was a total disaster allowing Cheam to be graced
with a conventional line when the LB&SCR opened the route from
Croydon to Epsom on 10 May 1847. Cheam station expanded over the
years and was rebuilt prior to the installation of equipment for
the ac overhead electric services, at which time it was supposed to
have intermediate platforms. However, the onset of the First World
War caused them not to be built, and when peace finally arrived the
station stayed in the same, some would say, sorry state!
The cache is hidden in a
remote part of the station but I would still advise
stealth.
The cache is a magnetic 35mm
Film Canister and has a log book and small pencil.