Sutton and Mole Valley lines via Epsom and Dorking (including the Bookham Branch) is known to commuters as the "Mole Valley Line" – seven out of the 15 stations are in the Surrey district of Mole Valley. The full title "Sutton and Mole Valley Lines" is used for the lines north of Epsom via Sutton. Confusingly, all Southern services that terminate or call at Sutton are branded as "Sutton and Mole Valley Line" services. The lines which form the route include (in order of construction): None of the lines leads directly to a London terminus, but services use the South Western Main Line to access
Mole-Richardson Mole-Richardson Mole-Richardson, also known as Mole, is a stage lighting instrument and motion picture lighting manufacturing company originally based in Hollywood, California. The company was started in 1927 by Sicilian immigrant Pietro "Peter" Mule (changed to Mole). Born November 10, 1891, in the Italian town of Termini Imerese, Palermo, Sicily, he first worked for General Electric (GE) in New York. In 1927 he began selling incandescent tungsten lighting to the film industry, which allowed a more natural lighting than the previous arc lights. The new lights were also silent, an advantage for the new sound films. Mole-Richardson invented the Fresnel