Trains at Salfords (Surrey) (BML) - 18/02/2025

The 253rd video of my train spotting adventures. ----- This video follows on from the previous video, one stop down the line from Earlswood to Salfords (Surrey) railway station (not to be confused with Salford Crescent & Central in Manchester!). A small, 2-platform DfT Category E "Small staffed" train station, it was originally built in 1915 for workers at the Monotype Corporation, which had constructed a factory next to the railway line in 1899. From its opening on 8 October 1915 the train service was not advertised and sparse to meet the needs of Monotype Corporation staff. On 17 July 1932 the line was electrified on 750 Volts DC third rail and concurrently the station was served by a regular advertised train service. The station name, originally "Salfords Halt", was simplified to "Salfords" on 1st January 1935. - Day Aggregates made use of the open land beside the station to store and transport their loose stones for construction in the area for some time. The sidings used still exist, including a bay platform at the station and most of the machinery used to expel and fill the wagons that transported the stone at the site. Network Rail have a site at the back of platform 1, using it as a base for the continuing improvements to the Brighton main line, in between Selhurst train care depot and the Three Bridges engineering depot. - On 14 January 2008, the station received a minor upgrade. This involved the replacing of the wooden huts with modern glass waiting areas and the installation of dynamic digital displays with information about the next train. Southeastern ceased to serve the station from December 2008. A second PERTIS machine was installed at the entrance to the Horley-bound platform by 2008. Help points were installed in February 2011 to both platforms. The PERTIS machine on platform one has been replaced in August 2011 by the installation of quick ticket machine on this platform to facilitate buying of tickets out of hours. ----- Filmed on the: Brighton Main Line ----- Services seen: SR) Services towards Redhill, East Croydon, Clapham Junction, London Victoria, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Horsham, Littlehampton, Bognor Regis, Portsmouth & Southsea, Southampton Central, Eastbourne and Ore. - TL) Services towards, Horley, Gatwick Airport, Three Bridges, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Brighton, Earlswood (Surrey), Redhill, East Croydon, London Bridge, London Blackfriars, City Thameslink, Farringdon, London St Pancras International, and onwards to St Albans/Luton/Bedford and Stevenage/Hitchin/Cambridge/Peterborough. - GX) Services towards Gatwick Airport, Haywards Heath, Brighton and London Victoria. - GWR) Services towards Gatwick Airport, Redhill, Guildford, Wokingham and Reading. ----- Trains seen: SR) Class 377/387 Electrostar TL) Class 700 Desiro City GX) Class 387 Electrostar GWR) Class 165 Networker Turbo GBRf) Class 69 FL) Class 66 ----- Please leave a like, comment or even subscribe if you enjoy my content. Thanks for watching :)