Bungalow Town Halt railway station explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Book: The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities: 150 Steam Railway Events & Stories. Body. Geoff. Body. Ian. 4 January 2016. The History Press. 9780750968522. 29 October 2016.
  2. News: Bungalow town boom. McKie. David. The Guardian. 10 November 2008. 29 October 2016.
  3. A brief history of Shoreham Airport. Almond. Richa=rd. Sussex Industrial History. 14. 0263-5151. 29 October 2016.
  4. Book: Wragg, David. Wartime on the Railways. The History Press. 2012. 9780752489209. 29 October 2016.

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