Newport railway station (Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway)
Appearance
Newport FYN | |
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General information | |
Location | Isle of Wight |
Managed by | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923 |
Platforms | 1 |
Key dates | |
1 July 1913 | Opened |
1 August 1923 | Closed |
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Newport FYN railway station, was, for ten years, the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[note 1] The new station, opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[2] closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[3] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[4] Any trace of the station has long since gone[5] and today a funeral parlour occupies the site.
Notes
See also
References
- ^ Pomeroy, Colin A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.[page needed]
- ^ Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1-870754-31-X.[page needed]
- ^ Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.[page needed]
- ^ Paye, P. (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.[page needed]
- ^ Gammell, C.J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.[page needed]
External links
- Newport's stations on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Pre 1914 Grouping Junction diagram
- Newport station Subterranea Britannica
- Carriages to be restored
- Site of Station
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Terminus | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | Carisbrooke |
50°42′09″N 1°17′45″W / 50.7025°N 1.2959°W
Categories:
- Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
- Former Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1913
- Railway stations closed in 1914
- Railway stations opened in 1923
- Railway stations closed in 1923
- Newport, Isle of Wight
- 1913 establishments in England
- 1923 disestablishments in England
- South East England railway station stubs