Editing Tattenham Corner line (section)

===Construction and openings===
[[File:Tadworth Station 09.jpg|thumb|right|{{rws|Tadworth}} station. The line is in a deep cutting at this point and the main station building is on a bridge above the tracks]]
As initially surveyed, the CVR was to have been a single-track railway costing £11,000 per mile to build. The SER was unhappy with the proposals and provided an additional £3000 per mile to widen the formation for two tracks and to reduce the maximum gradient from 1 in 60 to 1 in 80.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=69}} On 2 November 1897, the section between Purley Junction and Kingswood opened as a single-track line with a [[passing loop]] at Chipstead, the only intermediate station.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=69}}{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}}{{efn|The railway historian, Adrian Gray, writes that regular, timetabled services between Purley and Kingswood probably began around a week after the formal opening on 2 November 1897.{{sfn|Gray|1990|p=69}}}} From the outset, the line was worked by the SER. The section to Tadworth was opened as a single line on 1 July 1900.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}}<ref>{{cite news |title= Chipstead Valley Railway : Another station opened |date= 17 July 1900 |work= Surrey Mirror and County Post |volume= 4 |issue= 203 |page= 3 }}</ref> Double track was commissioned between Purley and Kingswood the following day{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}} and to Tadworth in November of the same year.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}} All three CVR stations were provided with goods yards.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=80}}

[[File:Tattenham Corner railway station.jpg|thumb|right|{{rws|Tattenham Corner}} station in 1901]]
The final section of the line, between Tadworth and Tattenham Corner stations, opened on 4 June 1901, the day of the [[Epsom Derby]].{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=79}}<ref>{{cite news |title= The Derby |date= 5 June 1901 |work= Evening Standard |issue= 24007 |page= 5 }}</ref> The terminus was laid out to cope with the volume of passengers travelling to the racecourse{{sfn|Nock|1961|pp=136-137}} and had six operational platforms.{{sfn|Oppitz|1988|p=92}} Between 1902 and 1928, it saw no regular timetabled services and only opened for race day and summer excursion specials.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=80}} Trains taking horses to the racecourse also used the station and the Epsom Grand Stand Association erected stables for 100 horses nearby.{{sfn|Jackson|1999|p=80}}{{sfn|Nock|1961|pp=136-137}}