Newport railway station (FY&NR Isle of Wight)
Newport FYN |
Location |
Place |
Now Funeral Directors in Medina Way |
Area |
Isle of Wight |
Grid reference |
SZ499895 |
Operations |
Pre-grouping |
Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923 |
Platforms |
1 |
History |
1 July 1913 |
Opened |
1 August 1923 |
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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Newport FYN railway station, was, for ten years, the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[2] The new station, opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[3] closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[4] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[5] Any trace of the station has long since gone[6] and today a funeral parlour occupies the site.
See also
References
- ^ Pomeroy, Colin,A (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0947971629.
- ^ Originally incorporated on 26 August 1880 and run out of the original Newport station from 10 September 1888
- ^ Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 187075431X.
- ^ Hay, P (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0906520568.
- ^ Paye, P (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0860932191.
- ^ Gammell, C.J (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 086093537X.
External links
Ex stations on the Isle of Wight
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