Editing Tattenham Corner line (section)

===Proposals and authorisations===
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The first proposals for a railway serving Tattenham Corner and Tadworth were drawn up in 1891 and a private bill was presented to [[Parliament of the United Kingdom|Parliament]] in December 1891.<ref>{{cite newspaper The Times |title= Private bill legislation |date= 22 December 1891 |issue= 33514 |page= 5 }}</ref> The line, called the Epsom Downs Extension Railway (EDER), was to run from a station near [[Walton-on-the-Hill]] northwards to a junction with the [[Epsom Downs Branch]] near the Drift Bridge. The driving force behind the scheme was a group of local landowners, including [[Cosmo Bonsor]], later the chairman of the [[South Eastern Railway (England)|South Eastern Railway]] (SER).{{efn|Construction of the Epsom Downs Extension Railway was to cost £65,000, the majority of which was offered by [[Cosmo Bonsor]].{{sfn|Oppitz|1988|p=93}}}} Although the '''{{visible anchor|Epsom Downs Extension Railway Act 1892}}''' ([[55 & 56 Vict.]] c. cxlv) was passed, there were several objectors including the Epsom Grand Stand Association, who feared that their plans to extend the racecourse would be jeopardised by the construction of the line.{{sfn|Oppitz|1988|p=93}} The ''Surrey Advertiser and County Times'' reported a formal ceremony on 6 June 1892 marking the start of construction,<ref>{{cite news |title= Cutting the first sod of the Epsom Downs Extension Railway |date= 11 June 1892 |work= Surrey Advertiser and County Times |volume= XXXVI |issue= 3630 |page= 3 }}</ref> although royal assent was not granted until 27 June.<ref>{{cite news |title= Railway and tramway bills in parliament |date= 1 July 1892 |work= Iron |volume= XL |issue= 1016 |page= 11}}</ref>

[[File:Purley, Red Hill & Stoats Next RJD 130.jpg|thumb|upright|A 1905 [[Railway Clearing House]] map showing the eastern end of the Tattenham Corner line and its connection to the [[Caterham line]] and [[Brighton Main Line]]]]

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| short_title           = Chipstead Valley Railway Act 1893
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| short_title           = Epsom Downs Extension Railway Act 1897
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A second line, the Chipstead Valley Railway (CVR), running from the southern terminus of the EDER to a junction with the SER Caterham line south of Purley, was proposed in 1893. Authorisation was granted by an act of Parliament, the '''{{visible anchor|Chipstead Valley Railway Act 1893}}''' ([[56 & 57 Vict.]] c. cliii), on 27 July of that year.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p= 68}} In proposing this second scheme, Bonsor had intended that the [[London, Brighton and South Coast Railway]] (LBSCR) would take over both the CVR and the EDER, and combine them into a single railway that it would then operate. The LBSCR refused and the CVR began to purchase the necessary land to construct their line.{{sfn|Jackson|1978|p=142}} In October 1896, the SER agreed to seek parliamentary approval to take over both lines, which were by then under construction.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p= 69}} The following year, the EDER was given approval in the '''{{visible anchor|Epsom Downs Extension Railway Act 1897}}''' ([[60 & 61 Vict.]] c. xlii) to abandon its plans to build the section of its line north of Tattenham Corner.{{sfn|Jackson|1978|p=142}} The SER formally absorbed the CVR and EDER in 1899.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}}