Shide railway station

Shide railway station was at Shide, on the southern fringes of Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station[1] on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was initially operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868).[2] Shide station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956.[3] Situated near Shide Chalk Pits,[4] it was a sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for the Island’s cement industry.[5] It was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War.[6] The station site was built over[7] and is now occupied by a warehouse, and the River Medina has since been diverted to flow along the course of the old railway at this point. The old track to the south of the station site is now a cycle route (NCN23).

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Blackwater   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		   Newport
  Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
(become part of IWCR in 1887)		   Pan Lane

Shide
Shide corner (2018); the station stood on the site of the tyre depot to the right
LocationShide, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ504882
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyIsle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight Central Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed

See also

References
  1. Except for seven months between February and August 1875 when it was the terminus of the fledgling railway company
  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. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  7. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X


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