Belmont
Station
Belmont railway station
serves the suburb of Belmont in the London Borough of Sutton in
south London. The station was opened by the London, Brighton and
South Coast Railway, as part of the Epsom Downs branch line in
1865. The branch was originally laid as double track because of the
race traffic, and was electrified in 1928. Now the branch has been
singled for most of its length, and trains stopping at Belmont use
only the Down platform. The Up platform still exists but is
overgrown and cannot be accessed. The station was originally named
California (the original name of the public house opposite, now
called the Belmont Arms). The original station building was
completely destroyed in 1940 by enemy action. A direct hit leaving
very little at all to be rebuilt, temporary wooden structures were
put in place, which in time were followed by a concrete structure
(1970s) which was reduced to a mere basic shelter over the years.
Refurbishment of the station concourse by Southern in 2004
effectively reduced the infrastructure to a platform with a modern
shelter and ticket-machine.
This is a very quiet
unmanned station, only when trains are due will you see any
passengers during off peak hours, even then it is only a
handful.
The cache is a magnetic
narrower than a standard 35mm Film Canister and has a log book but
does not contain a pencil. Please bring your own