Calbourne & Shalfleet railway station

Calbourne and Shalfleet railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860,[2] opened over a ten-month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.[3] Situated between the two villages [4] and serving a moderately populous rural area [5] it was a "reasonably" successful station[6] on an ultimately unprofitable line. Originally the station had a cottage style front but after absorption by the Southern a corrugated building from the acrimonious-split era[7] was relocated to the site.[8] The station itself, situated on the down side, has long been demolished and replaced with a modern bungalow;[9] but the level-crossing keeper's cottage, a short distance away at Pounds Lane, is still visitable.[10]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ningwood   British Railways
Southern Region
Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway		   Watchingwell

Calbourne (IOW)
The crossing keeper’s cottage at Pound Lane , now a private residence.
LocationCalbourne, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ423883
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingFreshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Key dates
10 September 1888Opened (freight)
20 July 1889Opened (passengers)
21 September 1953Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

See also

References
  1. Subterranea Britannica's page on Calbourne & Shalfleet station - Nick Catford
  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. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  5. Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
  6. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  7. 1913-1923
  8. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  9. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
  10. Visit by "Geograph" seeker


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