Ningwood (Isle of Wight) railway station
| Ningwood (IOW) | |
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| The old station at Ningwood, now a private residence. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Ningwood |
| Area | Isle of Wight |
| Grid reference | SZ401883 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923) |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) |
| Platforms | 2 |
| History | |
| 10 September 1888 | Opened (freight) |
| 20 July 1889 | Opened (passengers) |
| 21 September 1953 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860 [2], opened over a ten month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later [3]. A typical rural station [4] that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight [5], it was one of the less economically viable stations[6] on this unprofitable line. Despite the addition of a 400-foot (120 m) long passing loop and water tank in 1927 [7], the station was in latter years a somewhat lonely outpost. The station house, situated on the "down" side, is now a private residence [8] and the modest passenger shelter on the "up" their garden shed.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Yarmouth | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Calbourne & Shalfleet | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Subterranea Britannica's page on Ningwood station - Nick Catford]
- ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
- ^ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0853616019
- ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
- ^ Paye P "Isle of Wight Railways remembered": Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
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Coordinates: 50°41′35″N 1°26′02″W / 50.69306°N 1.43389°W
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