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Roffey Road Halt railway station

Coordinates: 51°05′11″N 0°17′07″W / 51.08643°N 0.28519°W / 51.08643; -0.28519
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Roffey Road Halt
General information
LocationRoffey, Horsham, West Sussex
England
Grid referenceTQ202333
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1907Opened as "Roffey Crossing Halt"
July 1907Renamed "Roffey Road Halt"
1 January 1917Closed
3 May 1920Reopened
3 January 1937Closed[1]

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

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  • 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
Faygate
Line and station open
  London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Arun Valley Line
  Littlehaven
Line and station open

References

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  1. ^ Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN 1-85260-508-1, p. 198-199.
  2. ^ Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
  3. ^ Horsham Society Newsletter, Roffey Road Halt, November 2013 page 75

51°05′11″N 0°17′07″W / 51.08643°N 0.28519°W / 51.08643; -0.28519