Freshwater railway station

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A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Freshwater railway station was the westerly terminus[1] and largest station[2] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, the platform being extended to accommodate the "Tourist Train", a non-stop service from Ventnor.[3]

History

Incorporated as the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway Company in 1860,[4] and opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889, it closed 65 years later,[5] having been situated too far from the tourist honeypots of The Needles and Alum Bay to be consistently profitable.[6] There was a run-round loop, and a goods siding often used for cattle loading.[7] After closure the station was built over by a factory,[8] but this in turn has been demolished and a supermarket now occupies the site.[1]

Stationmasters

  • Frederick George Drudge 1889 - ca. 1894[9] (formerly station master at Horringford)
  • William Denyer ca. 1899 ca. 1901
  • F. Newland 1905 - 1908[10] (afterwards station master at Whitwell)
  • Samuel John Urry 1908 - ca. 1915 (formerly station master at Shide, then Calbourne)
  • S. Russell ca. 1936

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See also

References

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  1. ↑ a b Subterranea Britannica's page on Freshwater station - Nick Catford
  2. ↑ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, Template:ISBN
  3. ↑ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 Template:ISBN
  4. ↑ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 Template:ISBN
  5. ↑ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 Template:ISBN
  6. ↑ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 Template:ISBN
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  8. ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 Template:ISBN
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External links

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