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==Railway service== In 1895 Bonsor was appointed deputy-chairman of the [[South Eastern Railway (UK)|South Eastern Railway]] (SER), and was elected chairman of that railway following the death of the incumbent, [[Sir George Russell, 4th Baronet|Sir George Russell, Bart]], on 7 March 1898. At the start of 1899 the SER entered into a working union with its neighbour and hitherto competitor, the [[London, Chatham and Dover Railway]] (LCDR). Each of the two railways provided four members of the new [[South Eastern & Chatham Railway Companies Joint Management Committee]], and Bonsor was elected Chairman of that body, retaining his SER post. He retired from railway service upon the formation (by amalgamation of the SER, LCDR and other railways) of the [[Southern Railway (UK)|Southern Railway]] at the start of 1923.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Dendy Marshall |first1=C.F. |last2=Kidner |first2=Roger W. |author-link2=Roger Kidner |title=History of the Southern Railway |edition=2nd |year=1963 |orig-year=1937 |publisher=[[Ian Allan Publishing|Ian Allan]] |location=Shepperton |isbn=0-7110-0059-X |pages=314, 355, 393, 488, 490 }}</ref> In 1899 he formed a private syndicate to extend the [[Tattenham Corner Line]] from [[Kingswood railway station]] to [[Tattenham Corner railway station]] to take the racegoing traffic to [[Epsom Downs Racecourse]].{{cn|date=March 2022}} A train named in his honour formerly ran as part of the [[Southern (train operating company)|Southern]] services to [[London Bridge]]. The train stock was of [[British Rail Class 456|Class 456]].<ref>[http://www.the-siding.co.uk/class456/pages/456024.htm 456024 "Sir Cosmo Bonsor"]</ref>
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