page_title: Transport in Brighton and Hove
section_title: Former lines
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in Brighton and Hove / Rail / Former lines
caption_attribution_description: English: Kemptown Station - Elm Grove tunnel
context_page_description: Public transport in Brighton and Hove, a city on the south coast of England, dates back to 1840. Brighton and Hove has a major railway station, an extensive bus service, many taxis, coach services, and it has previously had trolley buses, ferries, trams, auto rickshaws and hydrofoils.
context_section_description: From 1869 until 1932 (and for freight until 1971) there was a line (view map) to Kemptown: Lewes Road (actually on Mayo Road 1873–1932), Hartington Road Halt (1906–11) and Kemp Town terminus and goods yard. The line is closed and only the tunnel under Elm Grove remains (visible from the Freshfield Industrial Estate and below Elm Grove Primary School), and the commemorative locomotive sculpture on the Bingo Hall on Eastern Road (corner of Park Street).  The Hughes Road Industrial Estate, Freshfield Industrial Estate, Enterprise Point and Bonchurch Road Park now occupy the alignment, and the bricks from (and alignment of) the Lewes Road viaduct were reused for the Sainsbury's store at the Vogue Gyratory, which has retained a viaduct theme.
  There was a branch line from Aldrington(then Dyke Junction), to Devil's Dyke (view map) between 1887 and 1939 and the track is now a footpath and cycle track north of the Hangleton estate as far as the clubhouse of the Devil's Dyke golf-course. Briefly at the beginning of the 20th century a steep grade funicular railway ran from the bottom of the dyke and a cable car spanned the space above it. Remnants of the concrete piers used to support the cable car are visible on opposite sides of the dyke.  There were also Rowan Halt near Rowan Avenue in 1932–38 and Golf Club Halt on the city boundary.
caption: The Kemptown end of the Kemp Town-Elm Grove tunnel map
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