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Volks Railway shed is the storage for all the railway vehicles and can be seen from the ground here [[41932]]. Originally this was the terminus for the railway where customers could alight from the train and join another stranger one called the Daddy Longlegs that ran on stilts in the sea from Banjo Groyne to Rottingdean, click http://www.urban75.org/railway/brighton-sea-railway.html for pictures and history of this underwater railway line. At low tide the route of the railway as well as the concrete blocks used as sleepers can still be seen.
©Simon Carey
©Charles Rawding
Looking towards the public area of the groyne with the yellow pole there for visibility.
©Simon Carey
Built in 1877 and originally known as Paston Place Groyne it soon acquired its current name due to the shape and has since stuck as the official name. The concrete platforms beyond the public observation section in the circular area to the left is often used by anglers of which three are in view. Taken about half an hour before sunset.
©Simon Carey
Another view of [[2708490]] this time to emphasis how much the shingle has built up on the eastern side, see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume6/source/jg_06_138.html of a view taken in 1912. The old platform that served as a terminus for the Daddy Longlegs Railway to Rottingdean was immediate beyond the wall of the groyne straight ahead, see http://regencysociety-jamesgray.com/volume6/source/jg_06_154.html for a view from 1900.
©Simon Carey
This is taken from Marine Parade looking down onto Madeira Drive, the narrow gauge railway and the beach. There are several sets of steps running down the steep wall to connect the two roads.
©Nigel Mykura
Photo taken near Halfway station looking toward the engine shed
©Paul Gillett
The exposed sand to the east of Banjo Groyne proving popular for dog walkers on this morning.
©Simon Carey
On Brighton Seafront, the photo also shows the volks railway heading East
©Paul Gillett
An excited spaniel Banjo Groyne has just spotted [[2586586]] and I was a little worried he'd jump off at this point. He didn't and decided to go the long way round to enjoy ten minutes of running around yapping with the other dogs.
©Simon Carey
The original western terminus of the Daddy Longlegs railway that ran from here to Rottingdean along the sea bed from 1896 to 1901. The shingle on the other side as much higher than on this side giving an idea of the direction of longshore drift along this part of the coast.
©Simon Carey
The scene at Halfway Station. The railway was opened in 1883, and Car No.8 dates from 1901.
©Peter Trimming
Play area on the site of the former Peter Pan's playground, the photo also shows the Volks Railway Engine Shed
©Paul Gillett
In a small enclosure between Madeira Drive to the left and Volks Railway beyond the fence to the right. This area was once a small children's playground built on a concrete infill to close the gap between the road and the railway. When the latter was first extended in 1901 the section curved northwards from Banjo Groyne on a metal viaduct, however, the build up of shingle eventually lowered the height between beach and railway until it finally closed in 1940 and disappeared from view.
©Simon Carey
A mini-golf course in Brighton. Volks Electric Railway, a short narrow-gauge railway along the seafront, runs behind the mini-golf. Beyond is the shingle beach and the sea.
©Malc McDonald

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