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Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight)

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Coordinates: 50°45′26″N 1°17′50″W / 50.7573°N 1.2973°W / 50.7573; -1.2973
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Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
General information
LocationSouthern suburbs of Cowes, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ497954
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
16 June 1862Opened
21 February 1966Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Mill Hill railway station is a disused station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight. It was first seen as the down train from the main Cowes railway station emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform,[1] the sweep still visible in 2005[2] on a small area of grass where the demolished station[3] once stood.[4] Unlike many of the Island's railway stations, Mill Hill was busy at the beginning and end of each working day, depositing and picking up hundreds of workmen from shipyards.[5] Conversely, after passenger closure in 1966 a single employee spent six months on duty at the crossing just past the station with not one chance to open it,[6] although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Medina Wharf   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line 		  Cowes
The site of the former station in 2018, now a small park (Arctic Park). Looking north-west along the course of the old track, the platform was on the left. The blocked-up tunnel entrance can be seen at the far end of the park.

See also

References

  1. ^ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  2. ^ Enthusiasts web-site
  3. ^ Built in 1880 Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  4. ^ Gammell C.J Southern Branch Lines:Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
  5. ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  6. ^ Hughie White, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2

50°45′26″N 1°17′50″W / 50.7573°N 1.2973°W / 50.7573; -1.2973


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