Bishopstone Beach Halt railway station

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Bishopstone Beach Halt
Bishopstone Beach Halt station.jpg
Station site in 2007
General information
Location Bishopstone, Lewes District
England
Grid reference TQ46080039
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
1 June 1864 [1] Opened as Bishopstone
1 August 1922Renamed Bishopstone Halt
26 September 1938Closed
6 April 1939Reopened and renamed Bishopstone Beach Halt
1 January 1942Closed

Bishopstone Beach Halt was a railway station in East Sussex, England that was opened on 1 June 1864 and closed on 1 January 1942. The station was built on the Seaford Branch Line for residents of the Bishopstone and Tide Mills villages and located on the west side of Mill Drove. The company that operated the trains on opening was the London Brighton & South Coast Railway, later merged into the Southern Railway.

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Reasons for construction

The station was built primarily for the 60-100 workers at the mills. After the mills closed 1883 it became used mainly by holiday passengers. [2]

History

The first name of the station was Bishopstone. It was closed in 1938 when a new Bishopstone station was built 0.6 miles (1 km) to the east, then reopened in 1939 as Bishopstone Beach Halt.

Preceding station Historical railways Following station
Newhaven Harbour
Line open, station open
  Southern Railway
Seaford Branch Line
  Bishopstone
Line open, station open

Present day

The down platform remains intact with no track running through it (as the line beyond Newhaven Harbour was singled in 1975). The edge stones on the up platform have been removed, but the concrete support of the station sign is still in place. The station can no longer be visited by the public. [3]

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References

  1. Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations, Patrick Stephens Ltd, Sparkford, ISBN   1-85260-508-1, p. 35.
  2. "The train now standing at Bishopstone Beach . . ". Sussex Express. 18 May 2006. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. "Disused Stations: Bishopstone Beach Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 20 August 2013.

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