Hurst Green Junction - May 1983Hurst Green Junction - May 1983With a lazy wave of the hand, the signalman greets the photographer as the 17.20 London Bridge - Uckfield gathers speed past his box after its stop at Hurst Green.
Trains to East Grinstead go straight on here, with the Uckfield line diverging to the left. In 1987 this junction was brought under the control of a new panel box at Oxted, which would ultimately control a singled Uckfield line and the East Grinstead route.