Bungalow Town Halt railway station

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Bungalow Town Halt was a small railway station in what is now Shoreham Beach, West Sussex. [1] Bungalow Town had started in the 1870s as a series of converted railway carriages on the shingle spit shielding the River Adur. [2] The station was opened in 1910 and closed at the start of 1933. The station reopened as Shoreham Airport on 1 July 1935, serving Shoreham Airport to the north of the railway line until it was closed on 15 July 1940. [1] [3] [4]

Services

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Shoreham-by-Sea   London, Brighton and South Coast Railway   Lancing

References

  1. 1 2 Body, Geoff; Body, Ian (4 January 2016). The Galloping Sausage and Other Train Curiosities: 150 Steam Railway Events & Stories. The History Press. ISBN   9780750968522 . Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  2. ↑ McKie, David (10 November 2008). "Bungalow town boom". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Almond, Richa=rd. "A brief history of Shoreham Airport" (PDF). Sussex Industrial History (14). ISSN   0263-5151. Archived from the original on 30 October 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
  4. ↑ Wragg, David (2012). Wartime on the Railways. The History Press. ISBN   9780752489209 . Retrieved 29 October 2016.

50°49′54″N0°17′41″W / 50.8318°N 0.2948°W / 50.8318; -0.2948


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