"Troy Steadman" wrote in message
om...
Our beautiful low-level station, a "facsimile on a small scale of
Waterloo Station" has just 3 years later been converted into an ugly
high-level station! At least now we have trains direct to Fenchurch
Street in one direction and Ludgate Hill in the other.

Where in Surrey did this happen?

This sounds like Kingston-upon-Thames, though the dates don't appear to fit.
The branch from Twickenham to the Low Level station opened in 1863, and the
extension to New Malden, involving the building of a new high level station
opened in 1869. There were through trains from the North London Line, but
these were diverted from Fenchurch Street to Broad Street in 1865.
A Kingston to Ludgate Hill service (via Twickenham, Clapham Junction and
Factory Junction) appears to have run from 1866 to the end of 1868, when it
was replaced by a Richmond to Ludgate Hill service (via Gunnersbury,
Hammersmith Grove Road, Kensington Addison Road and Factory Junction) and a
Wimbledon to Ludgate Hill service (via Tooting, Tulse Hill and Herne Hill).

Peter