Calbourne & Shalfleet (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Calbourne (IOW)
The crossing keeper’s cottage at Pound Lane , now a private residence.
Location
Location Calbourne
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ423883
Operations
Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Platforms 1
History
10 September 1888 (freight);20 July 1889(passengers) Opened
21 September 1953 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Calbourne and Shalfleet railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860 [2], opened over a ten month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later [3]. Situated between the two villages [4] and serving a moderately populous rural area [5] it was a “reasonably” successful station[6] on an ultimately unprofitable line. Originally the station had a cottage style front but after absorption by the Southern a corrugated building from the acrimonious-split era[7] was relocated to the site[8]. The station itself, situated on the down side, has long been demolished and replaced with a modern bungalow [9]; but the level-crossing keeper’s cottage, a short distance away at Pounds Lane, is still visitable[10] .

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ningwood   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Freshwater to Newport line		   Watchingwell

[edit] References

  1. ^ Subterranea Britannica's page on Calbourne & Shalfleet station - Nick Catford]
  2. ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  3. ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  4. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
  5. ^ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0853616019
  6. ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
  7. ^ 1913-1923
  8. ^ Paye P "Isle of Wight Railways remembered": Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  9. ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
  10. ^ Visit by "Geograph" seeker

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