Newchurch railway station

Newchurch
The track bed near Newchurch Station is now a cycle path.
General information
LocationNewchurch, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ577856
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868-inc; 1875-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Newchurch railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Newchurch village [1] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868,[2] opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later.[3] Despite its rural location a "respectable"[4] number of families alighted at the simple station, "little more than a wooden hut".[5] The nearest location to the site is a bungalow, Newchurch Crossing.[6]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Alverstone   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line 		  Horringford

See also

References

  1. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  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. ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  5. ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  6. ^ Gammell C.J, "Southern Branch Lines", Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X

50°40′12″N 1°12′33″W / 50.6700°N 1.2093°W / 50.6700; -1.2093


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