Tattenham Corner railway station section coinciding with the opening of the station on 4 June that year (by which time the SER had absorbed the independent company). The station closed in September 1914 and was used occasionally for race specials from 1920 until full public service restored (upon electrification) on 25 March 1928. In its heyday, the station had seven platforms (to handle the sizeable amounts of racecourse traffic) but today only three remain in use. Epsom Downs station is nearby as the terminus of the Epsom Downs branch line from Sutton, also served by Southern services. On 1 December 1993, an approaching train
Tattenham Corner line eventually began in 1896 and on 2 November 1897 a single-track line to Kingswood (originally "Kingswood and Burgh Heath") was complete. In 1899 Sir Cosmo Bonsor formed a private syndicate to have the line extended from Kingswood to its current terminus at Tattenham Corner in order to catch the racegoing traffic. By Derby Day on 4 June 1901, the extension to Tattenham Corner was opened, during which time the line was also upgraded from single to double track. The Chief Engineer to the Chipstead Valley Railway was Lt Col Arthur John Barry. The line was third rail electrified by Southern