Roffey Road Halt railway station

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.

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]

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, p. 198-199.
  2. Sussex Industrial Archaeology Society
  3. Horsham Society Newsletter, Roffey Road Halt, November 2013 page 75

51.08643°N 0.28519°W / 51.08643; -0.28519


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