Bungalow Town Halt railway station
Bungalow Town Halt was a small railway station in what is now Shoreham Beach, West Sussex.[1] Bungalow Town had started in the 1870s as a series of converted railway carriages on the shingle spit shielding the River Adur.[2].It was opened in 1910 and closed at the start of 1933. The station reopened as Shoreham Airport on 1 July 1935, serving Shoreham Airport to the north of the railway line until 15 July 1940.[1][3][4]
Services
[edit]| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shoreham-by-Sea | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway | Lancing |
References
[edit]- ^ a b Body, Geoff; Body, Ian (4 January 2016). The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities: 150 Steam Railway Events & Stories. The History Press. ISBN 9780750968522. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ McKie, David (10 November 2008). "Bungalow town boom". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Almond, Richa=rd. "A brief history of Shoreham Airport" (PDF). Sussex Industrial History (14). ISSN 0263-5151. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
- ^ Wragg, David (2012). Wartime on the Railways. The History Press. ISBN 9780752489209. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
50°49′54″N 0°17′41″W / 50.8318°N 0.2948°W
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