- Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
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Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station Location Place Southern suburbs of Cowes Area Isle of Wight Grid reference SZ497954 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 16 June 1862 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.
Mill Hill Railway Station was first seen as the down train from Cowes emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform[1], the sweep still visible in 2005 [2] on a small area of grass where the demolished station[3] once stood [4]. Unlike many Island railway stations Mill Hill was busy at the beginning and end of each working day, depositing and picking up hundreds of workmen from shipyards [5] . Conversely, after passenger closure in 1966 a single employee spent six months on duty at the crossing just past the station with not one chance to open it[6].
Preceding station Disused railways Following station Medina Wharf British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Cowes lineCowes References
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
- ^ Enthusiasts web-site
- ^ Built in 1880 Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
- ^ Gammell C.J Southern Branch Lines:Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
- ^ Isle of Wight Railways remembered Paye P: Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
- ^ Hughie White, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
See also
External links
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 opened in 1862
- Railway stations closed in 1966
- Beeching closures in England
- South East England railway station stubs
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