St Helens railway station (Isle of Wight)
St Helen's with its 232-foot-long (71 m) single platform[1] was the only intermediate stop on the 2+3⁄4-mile (4.4 km) branch line that connected Brading to the coast at Bembridge.[2] Opened in 1882, when the area was the Island's main port,[3] it ran with ever-dwindling passengers until 1953.[4] Pomeroy[5] described the station thus:
An imposing structure with tall chimneys and elegant dormers, particularly pleasing to the eye.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brading | British Railways Southern Region Isle of Wight Railway (Brading Harbour Improvement and Railway Company) : Brading to Bembridge line |
Bembridge |
See also
References
- ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
{{cite book}}: Invalid|ref=harv(help) - ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ^ Viv Hailes quoted in "Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ A view Gammell(Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X) concurs with One of the most attractive station conversions I have ever seen.
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