webmaster-bournesoc on Flickr Southern England's first public railway. The Croydon, Merstham & Godstone Railway. A horse drawn service carrying stone to Wandsworth ran across this site. Opened July 1805 Purley Library, Banstead Road, Purley 24 Jul 1993 by Bourne Society on 24 July 1993 Colour: blue Wikimedia: Flickr: Google Streetview OpenStreetMap