As Hood says, "The coming of the railway to these districts … did not make any great difference to the development of a profitable railway system... or to the general economy of the area." Christ's Hospital In 1902 Christ's Hospital school moved to premises near Stammerham Junction. This together with an expectation that Horsham would expand westwards towards the Junction led the LBSCR to invest £30,000 in building a new station, that was to become Christ's Hospital station. The substantial red brick station reflecting the LBSCR's aspirations for the area was constructed using bricks supplied by the nearby Southwater Brickworks. The station premises were built in very considerable proportions and a local newspaper observed that "Some surprise at the size of the station is however natural considering the part that it will ostensibly serve." Five through tracks were laid which served seven facing platforms. Three platforms were set aside to the Cranleigh line and two other platforms served passengers on the main line. The expansion of residential Horsham into the area did not take place. Rolling stock modernisation The 1955 Modernisation Plan of British Railways led to the introduction of more modern locomotives: chiefly Ivatt Class 2 2-6-2T locomotives built by British Railways after 1948. The coaching stock was also modernised. Post-war decline Already in the 1930s there had been a decline in use of the line as passengers and traders turned to road transport. The decline was more pronounced still after World War II , and in 1963 the Beeching Report included the line in the list of routes expected to be closed. The line was said to be losing £46,000 annually. Although a public hearing for protests took place, the Minister of Transport gave assent to the closure proposal and the line closed on 14 June 1965. Train services At first the passenger services were four journeys each way daily. Although the trunk freight flows had not materialsied, through special passenger excursion trains to south coast resorts were run. Writing in 1950 Vallance said that the service then was eight trains on weekdays, two in Sundays with an additional train between Guildford and Cranleigh for season ticket holders travelling daily to and from London. During the summer months the line also carried Sunday excursions to the Sussex coastal resorts; these trains had to reverse at Christs Hospital in each direction. In 1950 push and pull trains were the