Ningwood railway station

Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860,[2] opened over a ten-month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.[3] A typical rural station [4] that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight,[5] it was one of the less economically viable stations[6] on this unprofitable line. Despite the addition of a 400-foot (120 m) long passing loop and water tank in 1927,[7] the station was in latter years a somewhat lonely outpost. The station house, situated on the "down" side, is now a private residence [8] and the modest passenger shelter on the "up" side their garden shed.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Yarmouth   British Railways
Southern Region

Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway
  Calbourne & Shalfleet

Ningwood (IOW)
The old station at Ningwood, now a private residence.
LocationNingwood, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ401883
Platforms2
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyFreshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway
Pre-groupingFreshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
10 September 1888Opened (freight)
20 July 1889Opened (passengers)
21 September 1953Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

See also

References

  1. Subterranea Britannica's page on Ningwood station - Nick Catford]
  2. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
  3. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  4. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  5. Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
  6. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  7. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  8. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X


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