- Newport railway station (FY&NR Isle of Wight)
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Newport FYN Location Place Now Funeral Directors in Medina Way Area Isle of Wight Grid reference SZ499895 Operations Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923 Platforms 1 History 1 July 1913 Opened 1 August 1923 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
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.
Newport FYN railway station, was, for ten years, the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[2] The new station, opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[3] closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[4] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[5] Any trace of the station has long since gone[6] and today a funeral parlour occupies the site.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Terminus Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway Carisbrooke See also
References
- ^ Pomeroy, Colin,A (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0947971629.
- ^ Originally incorporated on 26 August 1880 and run out of the original Newport station from 10 September 1888
- ^ Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 187075431X.
- ^ Hay, P (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0906520568.
- ^ Paye, P (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0860932191.
- ^ Gammell, C.J (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 086093537X.
External links
- Newport's stations on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Pre 1914 Grouping Junction diagram
- Local historian’s research
- Newport station on Subterranea Britannica
- Carriages to be restored
- Site of Station
Ex stations on the Isle of Wight Alverstone · Bembridge · Blackwater · Calbourne & Shalfleet · Carisbrooke · Cement Mills Halt · Cowes · Freshwater · Godshill · Horringford · Medina Wharf · Merstone · Mill Hill · Newchurch · Newport FYN · Newport IWCR · Newport Pan Lane · Ningwood · Shide · St Helens · St Lawrence · Ventnor · Ventnor West · Watchingwell · Whippingham · Whitwell · Wroxall · Yarmouth
Coordinates: 50°42′09″N 1°17′36″W / 50.7025°N 1.29333°W
Categories:- Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
- Former Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway stations
- Railway stations opened in 1913
- Railway stations closed in 1914
- Railway stations opened in 1923
- Railway stations closed in 1923
- South East England railway station stubs
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