Roffey Road Halt railway station
Roffey Road Halt | |||||
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| General information | |||||
| Location | Roffey, Horsham, West Sussex England | ||||
| Grid reference | TQ202333 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 June 1907 | Opened as "Roffey Crossing Halt" | ||||
| July 1907 | Renamed "Roffey Road Halt" | ||||
| 1 January 1917 | Closed | ||||
| 3 May 1920 | Reopened | ||||
| 3 January 1937 | Closed[1] | ||||
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Roffey Road Halt is a now disused station on the Arun Valley Line in West Sussex, England and was the second station north from Horsham on the stretch to Crawley. It occupied a rural setting and opened on 1 June 1907. The anticipated housing growth did not occur and it closed in 1937. Some associated cottages were demolished in the early 1970s.[2] The only visible signs of its existence are a number of concrete posts that supported the platforms.
It is likely that the site and associated land next to the old station will be developed in the 2020s. A large housing estate of 2700 houses and a new park and ride railway station at this site have been approved.[3]
Further bibliography
- Gray, Adrian, The Railways of Mid-Sussex, Oakwood Press (1975)
- Mitchell, Vic; Keith Smith (1986). Southern Main Lines: Crawley to Littlehampton. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-34-7.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Faygate Line and station open | London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Arun Valley Line | Littlehaven Line and station open |
References
- ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, pp. 198–199.
- ^ Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
- ^ Horsham Society Newsletter, Roffey Road Halt, November 2013 page 75
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