Station Name: HOVE (First Station)[Source: Nick Catford]
Holland Road goods yard in October 1961. The yard occupies the site of the first Hove station and good yard. The station was top right, beyond the shed with the curved roof. Ex-LB&SCR E4 0-6-2T 32468 is seen shunting workmen's coaches (The Lancing Belle) at Holland Road Goods Depot, Hove in October 1961. The cramped situation of Brighton railway works and the lack of space to expand was a constant problem for the chief engineers of London, Brighton and South Coast Railway. In 1910 the company purchased 66 acres of land at Lancing near Shoreham for a carriage and wagon works to relieve the pressure on Brighton. The works were constructed in 1911 and opened the following January with many employees transferred from Brighton. Because of the rural situation of the new factory the railway operated a special daily train from Brighton for the workforce. This became known as the Lancing Belle. A ghostly Ex-SR N 2-6-0 31871 is passing by. Hove power station stood beyond the yard to the left and was served by the siding seen at extreme left. St. Cuthbert's church is seen in the background. It stood on the corner of Holland Road and Cromwell Road and was demolished in 1984 and a block of flats named Bellmead now stands on the site. Click here for a larger version. Photo by Ian Noble from his Flickr photostream 1852 map. 1975 1:2,500 OS map. Only one platform and a building is shown on the down side of the line with a signal box at the east end of the platform. It is unclear of the platform continues on the west side of the road bridge. A small goods yard fans out behind the platform with a number of sidings accessed by wagon turntables.
Looking east at the site of Hove station on 27 December 1971. Holland Road goods yard closed on 14 June 1971. The shed in the foreground is on the site of the station building.
Photo by Ian Noble from his Flickr photostream The site of Hove station on 27 December 1971.
Photo by Ian Noble from his Flickr photostream The site of Hove station forecourt seen from Holland Road bridge on 27 December 1971.
Photo by Ian Noble from his Flickr photostream The site of Hove station looking east in September 2006. The Wickes store now occupies
the station site. Photo by Simon Carey, reproduced from Geograph under creative commons licence
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