Watchingwell Halt railway station
| Watchingwell (IOW) | |
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Watchingwell Station, now a private residence. | |
| Location | |
| Place | Upper Watchingwell |
| Area | Isle of Wight |
| Grid reference | SZ448884 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping |
Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1897-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923) |
| Post-grouping |
Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) |
| Platforms | 1 |
| History | |
| 19 June 1897] | Opened |
| 21 September 1953 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
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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.
Watchingwell Halt, was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, situated near the hamlet of Upper Watchingwell,[1] that started life as a private halt. It was built at the bequest of Sir John Barrington Simeon, M.P for Southampton,[2] in 1897, not included in timetables available to the general public until the creation of the Southern in 1923,[3] de-staffed in 1948 and closed in 1953.[4] It was, by its very nature, a sparsely used station.[5] It is now a private residence Watchingwell Station[6] adorned with railway memorabilia.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Calbourne & Shalfleet | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Carisbrooke | ||
See also
References
- ↑ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ↑ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
- ↑ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ↑ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ↑ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
- ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
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Coordinates: 50°41′36″N 1°22′00″W / 50.6932°N 1.3667°W