Rowan_Halt_railway_station

Rowan Halt railway station

Rowan Halt railway station

Former railway station in England

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]

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Rowan Avenue junction with Elm Drive

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]

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References

  1. [1]
    H P White (1976). Forgotten Railways: South East England. ISBN 0-7153-7286-6.
  2. [2]
    Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Yeovil: Patrick Stephens Ltd. p. 200. ISBN 1-85260-508-1. R508.
  3. [3]
    Harding, Peter A. The Dyke Branch Line. ISBN 0-9523458-5-4.
  4. [4]
    Clark, Paul (1976). The Railways of Devil's Dyke. Crown Press Keighley Ltd. ISBN 0-902844-35-0.
  5. [5]
    "Sussex Branch Lines - Two Branches and a Siding". Retrieved 9 September 2007.

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