Whippingham railway station

Whippingham railway station

The old Newport to Smallbrook Junction line near Whippingham
Location
Place Opposite Isle of Wight Crematorium
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ 524915
Operations
Original company Ryde and Newport Railway
Pre-grouping Isle of Wight Central Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Southern Region of British Railways
Platforms Two
History
1875 Opened
21 September 1953 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.

Whippingham railway station was arguably the most underused station on an often sparsely used network.[1] Built solely because of the need to have a station within close proximity to Osborne House,[2] it is known that Queen Victoria did use the station on at least one occasion, on 11 February 1888, when she travelled from Whippingham to Ventnor and back for the opening of the National Consumption Hospital there.[3] The station is also known to have been used by the young Lord Mountbatten.[4] In its early days its passenger carrying status was ambiguous [5] and, although always clean and tidy,[6] never very busy. A passing loop was added in 1912[6] and indeed was retained for a further three years after closure in 1953. The station house, now a splendid private dwelling, still stands[7] with the only other building within any sort of close proximity being the Island crematorium.[8]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Newport   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Smallbrook Junction line		   Wootton

References

  1. ↑ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  2. ↑ Bennett, A. (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1-870754-31-X.
  3. ↑ "Hidden Wootton Walk (leaflet)". Wootton Bridge Historical. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
  4. ↑ Marjorie Smith, daughter of the stationmaster between 1917 and 1925- quoted in Britton, A. (1994). Once upon a line (Vol. 4). Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-513-2.
  5. ↑ Enthusiasts Web-Site
  6. 1 2 Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
  7. ↑ Gammell, C.J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.
  8. ↑ Pomeroy, C.A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.

See also

Coordinates: 50°43′15″N 1°15′35″W / 50.7207°N 1.2597°W / 50.7207; -1.2597


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