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