Newchurch railway station
Newchurch | |||||
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 The track bed near Newchurch Station is now a cycle path. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Newchurch, Isle of Wight England | ||||
| Grid reference | SZ577856 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868-inc; 1875-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956) | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1875 | Opened | ||||
| 6 February 1956 | Closed | ||||
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Newchurch railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Newchurch village [1] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868,[2] opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later.[3] Despite its rural location a "respectable"[4] number of families alighted at the simple station, "little more than a wooden hut".[5] The nearest location to the site is a bungalow, Newchurch Crossing.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alverstone | British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line |
Horringford |
See also
References
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
- ^ Gammell C.J, "Southern Branch Lines", Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
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