Alverstone railway station

Alverstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Alverstone village [1] on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

Alverstone
The old station building, now converted into private residence.
LocationAlverstone, 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

History
The station in the early 1900s
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Served by the line from Newport to Sandown, the station was incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868[2] opened in 1875. Absorbed by the Isle of Wight Central Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed 81 years after opening by the British Transport Commission.[3]

During a Second World War blackout a train ran through Alverstone and a railwayman had to escort the passengers back to there from Newchurch.[4]

The site today
The track bed near Alverstone Station, which is now a cycle path.

The station house is now a private residence.[5] It is a prominent landmark on the walking route and cycle path that runs through Borthwood Copse and into Alverstone Mead.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Sandown   British Railways-Southern Region
Isle of Wight Central Railway
Sandown to Newport line		   Newchurch

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. Gammell,C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Gammell,C.J Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
  • Butt, R. V. J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
  • Station on navigable O.S.


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