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
Pioneer Race Course race course was sold to the San Francisco Homestead Association in 1862 or 1863 for $500 per acre, but would be worth $20,000 per acre within a decade. Lots within the property were auctioned in 1864. Early houses built within the property are now part of the Shotwell Street historic district, and another house within the property may be the oldest remaining home building in San Francisco. On May 21, 1854 the Pioneer Race Course was the site of a duel between lawyer George T. Hunt and his friend Numa Hubert, an ex-member of the California state assembly. On the