Whippingham (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Whippingham railway station
The old Newport to Smallbrook Junction line near Whippingham
Location
Place Opposite Isle of Wight Crematorium
Local authority Isle of Wight
Grid reference 524915_region:GB_scale:25000 SZ 524915
Operations
Managed by Ryde and Newport Railway (1875 to 1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Platforms in use Two
History
1875 Opened
21 September 1953 Closed
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Whippingham railway station was arguably the most underused station on an often sparsely used network[1]. Built solely because of the need to have a station within close proximity to Osborne House[2], the only royal ever spotted actually using the station was a young Lord Mountbatten[3] In its early days its passenger carrying status was ambiguous [4] and, although always clean and tidy[5], never very busy. A passing loop was added in 1912[6] and indeed was retained for a further three years after closure in 1953. The station house, now a splendid private dwelling, still stands[7] with the only other building within any sort of close proximity is the Island crematorium[8].

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newport   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Smallbrook Junction line		   Wootton

[edit] References

  1. ^ Isle of Wight Railways remembered Paye P: Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  2. ^ Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of WightBennett,A: Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  3. ^ Marjorie Smith, daughter of the stationmaster between 1917 and 1925- quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4)Britton,A Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
  4. ^ Enthusiasts Web-Site
  5. ^ Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  6. ^ Hay Ibid
  7. ^ Southern Branch Lines Gammell C.J : Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
  8. ^ Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now Pomeroy, C,A: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629

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