Roffey Road Halt railway station

Roffey Road Halt
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]
Location

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

References

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

51°05′11″N0°17′07″W / 51.08643°N 0.28519°W / 51.08643; -0.28519