Rowan Halt railway station
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Rowan Halt railway station, was a railway station in Hove
, in East Sussex
, England
which opened in 1934 and closed on 1st Jan 1939; the layout and curvature of Rowan Avenue indicates where the branch ran .
The station served the Aldrington Estate (then being built by T. J. Braybon & Sons Ltd) - and "enabled residents working in Brighton or Hove to return home for their cooked meal at lunchtime" .
Hove
Hove is a town on the south coast of England, immediately to the west of its larger neighbour Brighton, with which it forms the unitary authority Brighton and Hove. It forms a single conurbation together with Brighton and some smaller towns and villages running along the coast...
, in East Sussex
East Sussex
East Sussex is a county in South East England. It is bordered by the counties of Kent, Surrey and West Sussex, and to the south by the English Channel.-History:...
, England
England
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which opened in 1934 and closed on 1st Jan 1939; the layout and curvature of Rowan Avenue indicates where the branch ran .
The station served the Aldrington Estate (then being built by T. J. Braybon & Sons Ltd) - and "enabled residents working in Brighton or Hove to return home for their cooked meal at lunchtime" .