Golf Club Halt railway station (England)

Golf Club Halt railway station,[3][4] was a railway station in Hove, in East Sussex, England which opened in 1891 and closed in 1939.[5] The station served the Brighton & Hove Golf Club, established in 1887.[5] As of 2018, the platform is still in situ, buried in undergrowth on private farmland.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Rowan Halt   London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Brighton and Dyke Railway
(1887-1939)		   The Dyke
Not to be confused with Worlington Golf Links Halt railway station.

Golf Club Halt
Golf Club Halt station
General information
LocationHove, Brighton & Hove
England
Grid referenceTQ267093
Platforms1[1]
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyBrighton and Dyke Railway[2]
Pre-groupingLondon, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Key dates
1891Opened
1 January 1917Closed
26 July 1920Reopened
1 January 1939Closed
Dyke Railway Trail sign

References
  1. H P White (1976). Forgotten Railways: South East England. ISBN 0-7153-7286-6.
  2. J T Howard Turner (1977). The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway Volume 1 Origins and Foundation. ISBN 0-7134-0275-X.
  3. Harding, Peter A. The Dyke Branch Line. ISBN 0-9523458-5-4.
  4. Clark, Paul (1976). The Railways of Devil's Dyke. Crown Press Keighley Ltd. ISBN 0-902844-35-0.
  5. "Sussex Branch Lines - Two Branches and a Siding". Retrieved 9 September 2007.

50°52′12″N 0°12′01″W

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