Rowan Halt railway station explained

Rowan Halt
Status:Disused
Borough:Hove, Brighton & Hove
Country:England
Platforms:1[1]
Original:Southern Railway
Postgroup:Southern Railway
Years:18 December 1933
Events:Opened[2]
Years1:1 January 1939
Events1: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

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]

References

  1. Book: Forgotten Railways: South East England. H P White. 0-7153-7286-6. 1976.
  2. Book: Butt, R.V.J. . The Directory of Railway Stations . 1995 . Patrick Stephens Ltd . Yeovil . 1-85260-508-1 . R508 . 200 .
  3. Book: The Dyke Branch Line. Harding, Peter A. 0-9523458-5-4.
  4. Book: The Railways of Devil's Dyke. Clark, Paul. 0-902844-35-0. 1976. Crown Press Keighley Ltd.
  5. Web site: Sussex Branch Lines - Two Branches and a Siding. 2007-09-09.

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