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Medina Wharf Halt railway station

Coordinates: 50°44′48″N 1°17′38″W / 50.7468°N 1.2940°W / 50.7468; -1.2940
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Medina Wharf
A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt [1]
General information
LocationIsle of Wight
Owned bySouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Managed byIsle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Platforms1
Key dates
1896Opened
21 February 1966Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[2] and it never appeared on a public timetable.[3] Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde.[4] After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt

After the closure of the passenger station in 1966, freight traffic continued for about a year until the track was lifted in the early 1970s.[5] The trackway is now part of NCN route 23.[6]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cement Mills Halt   British Rail
Southern Region

IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line
  Mill Hill

References

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

See also

50°44′48″N 1°17′38″W / 50.7468°N 1.2940°W / 50.7468; -1.2940