Godshill railway station
Godshill | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Isle of Wight |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| Original company | Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight Central Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 20 July 1897 | Opened as Godshill |
| 1928 | Renamed Godshill Halt for Sandford |
| 15 September 1952 | Closed |
Godshill station opened on 20 July 1897 at Godshill on the Isle of Wight on the Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway, later the Isle of Wight Central Railway. It opened as a single platform station with a small goods siding and this layout remained until closure. The station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in 1927.
The station was not a financial success and never brought a large income to managers. There was some agricultural traffic, notably milk, and a few local passengers until the bus services became well established.
Location
The station was surrounded by fields but at the same time ½ mile from the centre of the village. This is still the case today. The platform still stands and the station buildings have been converted into private dwellings.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whitwell | British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Ventnor West branch |
Merstone |
Other stations on the branch
The other stations on the Ventnor West branch were:
- Merstone (where the branch joined the Newport-Sandown line)
- Whitwell
- St. Lawrence (the original terminus of the line from 1897 to 1900)
- Ventnor West