Shide railway station

Shide

The old Sandown to Newport railway line (now CycleRoute NCN23 route ends by this bridge over the river Medina.
Location
Place Shide
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ504882
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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Shide railway station, was an intermediate station[1] at Shide on the southern fringes of Newport situated near Shide Chalk Pits [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 sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for the Island’s cement industry,[5] it was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War.[6] The station was built over[7] and the site is now occupied by a warehouse.

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Blackwater   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		   Newport
Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway
(become part of IWCR in 1887)		 Pan Lane

See also

References

  1. ↑ Except for seven months between February and August 1875 when it was the terminus of the fledgling railway company
  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 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
  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

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Coordinates: 50°41′26″N 1°17′18″W / 50.6906°N 1.2883°W