Bembridge railway station

Bembridge was the terminus [Paye P"Isle of Wight Railways remembered" Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191] of the 2¾ mile branch line that connected it to the main line at BradingBennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X] . On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points [Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X] . Opened in 1882, when the area contained the Island's main port [Viv Hailes quoted in Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4) : Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132] , it ran with ever dwindling passengers until 1953 [Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568] . The station is long since demolished [Pomeroy, C,"Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629] and a new development (Harbour Strand) in place [ Gammell C.JSouthern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X ] .

References

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External Links

* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/b/bembridge/index.shtml Bembridge on Subterranea Britannica]
* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#463,88,1 Bembridge station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]