Ningwood railway station
Ningwood 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] A typical rural station [4] that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight,[5] it was one of the less economically viable stations[6] on this unprofitable line. Despite the addition of a 400-foot (120 m) long passing loop and water tank in 1927,[7] the station was in latter years a somewhat lonely outpost. The station house, situated on the "down" side, is now a private residence [8] and the modest passenger shelter on the "up" side their garden shed.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yarmouth | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Calbourne & Shalfleet |
Ningwood (IOW) | |
|---|---|
 The old station at Ningwood, now a private residence. | |
| Location | Ningwood, Isle of Wight England |
| Grid reference | SZ401883 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
| Post-grouping | |
| Key dates | |
| 10 September 1888 | Opened (freight) |
| 20 July 1889 | Opened (passengers) |
| 21 September 1953 | Closed |
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.
References
- Subterranea Britannica's page on Ningwood station - Nick Catford]
- Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
- Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
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