Cowes railway station
Cowes railway station | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Location | Isle of Wight |
| Owned by | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
| Managed by | Cowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
| Platforms | 3 |
| Key dates | |
| 16 June 1862 | Opened |
| 21 February 1966 | Closed |
Cowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle”.[1] Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway[2] it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out towards Ryde in the years before the motor bus began to diminish trade.[3] In its time prosperous enough to have a WH Smiths bookstall, its latter years were considerably leaner as more and more people took their holidays abroad.[4] The station has long since been demolished[5] and today the area is a supermarket and municipal car park.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Hill | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line |
Terminus |
See also
References
- ^ Larry Watson, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ 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
- ^ Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
External links
50°45′44″N 1°17′56″W / 50.76222°N 1.29889°W
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