Bishopstone Beach Halt railway station

Bishopstone Beach Halt
Station site in 2007
Location
Place	Bishopstone
Area	Lewes District
Grid reference	TQ46080039
Operations
Original company	London, Brighton and South Coast Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway
Platforms	2
History
1 June 1864[1]	Opened as Bishopstone
1 August 1922	Renamed Bishopstone Halt
26 September 1938	Closed
6 April 1939	Reopened and renamed Bishopstone Beach Halt
1 January 1942	Closed
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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.

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.

Present day

The down platform remains intact with no track running through it. 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]

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 2013-08-20.
3. "Disused Stations: Bishopstone Beach Halt". Disused Stations. Retrieved 2013-08-20.

Coordinates: 50°47′05″N 0°04′15″E / 50.78474°N 0.07075°E