In the year we celebrate 200 years of the railway it's interesting to read about Dullingham's lesser known history with rail.
In 1933 when Harry Beck’s famous London Underground map was introduced the London Passenger Transport Board proposed a series of extensions in several villages surrounding the capital. Dullingham was chosen to have one of these extensions and plans were drawn up to build several lines in and around village, including:
The Ley LineThe Chalk LineThe Eagle LineThe Church LineThe North Northern Line.
Numerous stations were proposed throughout the parish to transport villagers to work and, more importantly, to local hostelries. In order to help the odd visitor from London some of station names were nuanced to have a have a more familiar ring to them.
Work was started in early 1938, but alas the Second World War brought an end to this engineering marvel. Today the only remaining evidence of this network is the staircase for the station at Eagle Park Corner which was unearthed in 1984 and incorporated in a private house.
Important note: Beck’s maps are not drawn to scale
