Newport railway station (FY&NR)

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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A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

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.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus   Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway   Carisbrooke

See also

References

  1. Pomeroy, Colin,A (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
  2. Originally incorporated on 26 August 1880 and run out of the original Newport station from 10 September 1888
  3. Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1-870754-31-X.
  4. Hay, P (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
  5. Paye, P (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  6. Gammell, C.J (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.

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Coordinates: 50°42′09″N 1°17′45″W / 50.7025°N 1.2959°W