Original sentence: The London and Croydon Railway proposed a 8.75 mile route between a junction with the L&GR at Corbetts Lane, Bermondsey and the thriving market town of Croydon in Surrey
Edited sentence: The London and Croydon Railway proposed a  route between a junction with the L&GR at Corbetts Lane, Bermondsey and the thriving market town of Croydon in Surrey