Blackwater (Isle of Wight) railway station

Blackwater

Between the old railway line carrying NCN23 at Blackwater and the bridleway carrying the Stenbury Trail
Location
Place Blackwater
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ507864
Operations
Pre-grouping Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway (1868Inc);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)
Platforms 1
History
1 February 1875 Opened
6 February 1956 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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A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Blackwater railway station, was an intermediate station in the very centre of the island[1] situated on the A3020 road[2] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868,[3] opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later.[4] A rural station whose “heyday was before the advent of the motor car”,[5] during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards.[6] The station survives as an enlarged private house[7] known as Brambles.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Merstone   British Rail
Southern Region

IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line
  Shide

See also

References

  1. Hammond,R.J.W(Ed)" Ward Lock Guide to the Isle of Wight" London, Ward Lock, 1969 ISBN 0-7063-1082-9
  2. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  3. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISABN 187075431X
  4. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  5. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  7. Gammell C. J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X

External links

Site of Blackwater station, 1985

Coordinates: 50°40′28″N 1°16′57″W / 50.67444°N 1.28250°W