Lost Lines: Bisley branch

9th December 2008 to 10th December 2008

The Bisley branch existed solely to serve the Bisley ranges (now the National Shooting Centre) which moved to the Surrey heathland from Wimbledon Common in 1890. It ran roughly one mile from Brookwood, although during the First and Second World Wars it was extended to Deepcut and Pirbright camps, respectively. Wartime, excepted, trains ran only uding the shooting season and do not seem to have been included in the public timetable. The line closed in 1952 but, remarkably, despite its scrap value the girder bridge over the Basingstoke Canal was not demolished until 1979. Pictures of the line during its existence can be found at: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~engsurry/bisley/photos/bullet.htm and http://www.basingstoke-canal.org.uk/brbis.htm

The station at Bisley Camp, now owned by the Lloyds-TSB Rifle Club, who have placed an ex-BR Mk1 sleeping car on the trackbed 2008-12-09 13:24:14	Looking west from Bisley Camp station on the route of the line to Deepcut 2008-12-09 13:24:47	Bisley Camp station 2008-12-09 13:25:44	The eastern end of the platform at Bisley Camp. The length of the platform is now divided between a number of properties and in places only the platform wall remains 2008-12-10 09:41:37
East of the platform at Bisley Camp the trackbed is now overgrown for a short distance 2008-12-10 09:44:36	Heading eastwards towards the Cowshott Road 2008-12-10 09:45:11	Approaching the site of the level crossing at Cowshott Road 2008-12-10 09:48:01	Looking towards Bisley Camp from the Cowshott Road level crossing 2008-12-10 09:48:35