Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station

Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
Location
Place Southern suburbs of Cowes
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ497954
Operations
Pre-grouping Cowes to Newport Railway (1862-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Platforms 1
History
16 June 1862 Opened
21 February 1966 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
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Mill Hill Railway Station was first seen as the down train from Cowes emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform[1], the sweep still visible in 2005 [2] on a small area of grass where the demolished station[3] once stood [4]. Unlike many Island railway stations Mill Hill was busy at the beginning and end of each working day, depositing and picking up hundreds of workmen from shipyards [5] . Conversely, after passenger closure in 1966 a single employee spent six months on duty at the crossing just past the station with not one chance to open it[6].

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Medina Wharf   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line		   Cowes

References

  1. ^ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
  2. ^ Enthusiasts web-site
  3. ^ Built in 1880 Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  4. ^ Gammell C.J Southern Branch Lines:Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
  5. ^ Isle of Wight Railways remembered Paye P: Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  6. ^ Hughie White, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132

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Ex stations on the Isle of Wight