Horringford railway station

Horringford railway station was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Horringford village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868.[1][2] The station was opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later in 1956.[3] In its early years it was busy on market days when farmers took their cattle to Newport market, and in later years it carried the local sugar beet trade.[4][5] The station survives as a private house.[6]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newchurch   British Railways
Southern Region

IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line
  Merstone

Horringford
The track bed near Horringford Station is now a cycle path.
LocationHorringford, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ543853
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

See also

References

  1. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  2. "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Bennett,A Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  3. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  4. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  5. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  6. "Southern Branch Lines", Gammell C.J, Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X


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