Aldrington railway station

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Aldrington

Eastward view from the westbound platform at Aldrington

Location

Place

Hove

Local authority

Brighton & Hove

Operations

Station code

AGT

Managed by

Southern

Platforms in use

Live departures and station information from National Rail

Annual Rail Passenger Usage

2004/05 *

0.106 million

2005/06 *

0.118 million

History

Key dates

Opened 3 September 1905

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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Aldrington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.

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Aldrington railway station, sometimes known by its former names of Aldrington Halt and Dyke Junction, is a railway station in Hove, in East Sussex, England. The station is 3 km (2 miles) west of Brighton on the West Coastway Line.

Opened in 1905 by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway as Dyke Junction Halt, with wooden platforms, it was renamed Aldrington in 1932 and rebuilt in concrete by the Southern Railway. It is situated just east of the former junction with the branch line to Devil's Dyke, which opened in 1887 and closed in 1938; the layout and curvature of certain roads and buildings immediately north-west of the station indicates where the branch ran.

The station was staffed during peak hours until approximately 1990, after which the hut which served as a ticket office was demolished. Basic concrete shelters are now the only features on the platforms. Ramps lead down to street level.