- Medina Wharf Halt railway station
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Medina Wharf 
A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt [1] Location Place Inlet, River Medina Area Isle of Wight Grid reference SZ 499943 Operations Pre-grouping Cowes to Newport Railway (1862-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)Platforms 1 History 1896 Opened 21 February 1966 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.
Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[2] and it never appeared on a public timetable [3]. The trackway is now part of NCN route 23 [4]. Additionally, a non passenger carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde[5]. After the Southern took over from the IoWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt. After the closure of the passenger stations in 1966 freight traffic continued for about a year until the track was lifted in the early 1970s [6].
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Cement Mills Halt British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Cowes lineMill Hill References
- ^ On the old IoWCR track, now a Cycle Path
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
- ^ Enthusiasts web-site
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
- ^ Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
- ^ Hughie White, quoted in "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
See also
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
Categories:- Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
- Former Isle of Wight Central Railway stations
- Railway stations closed in 1966
- South East England railway station stubs
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