Rowan Halt railway station
Rowan Halt | |
|---|---|
 Site of Rowan Halt station | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hove, Brighton & Hove England |
| Platforms | 1[1] |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Southern Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
| Key dates | |
| 18 December 1933 | Opened[2] |
| 1 January 1939 | Closed |
Rowan Halt railway station,[3][4] was a railway station in Hove, in East Sussex, England which opened in 1933 and closed on 1 January 1939; the layout and curvature of Rowan Avenue indicates where the branch ran.[5]
Location
[edit]The station served the Aldrington Estate (then being built by T. J. Braybon & Sons Ltd), and "enabled residents working in Brighton or Hove to return home for their cooked meal at lunchtime".[5]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aldrington | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Brighton and Dyke Railway (1887-1939) |
Golf Club Halt |
References
[edit]- ^ H P White (1976). Forgotten Railways: South East England. ISBN 0-7153-7286-6.
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
- ^ Harding, Peter A. The Dyke Branch Line. ISBN 0-9523458-5-4.
- ^ Clark, Paul (1976). The Railways of Devil's Dyke. Crown Press Keighley Ltd. ISBN 0-902844-35-0.
- ^ a b "Sussex Branch Lines - Two Branches and a Siding". Retrieved 9 September 2007.
50°50′24″N 0°11′41″W / 50.8399°N 0.1947°W
