Calbourne & Shalfleet railway station

Calbourne (IOW)

The crossing keeper’s cottage at Pound Lane , now a private residence.
Location
Place Calbourne
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ423883
Operations
Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Platforms 1
History
10 September 1888 Opened (freight)
20 July 1889 Opened (passengers)
21 September 1953 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom
Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z
UK Railways portal
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

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

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.
  9. ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
  10. ↑ Visit by "Geograph" seeker


Coordinates: 50°41′32″N 1°24′04″W / 50.69222°N 1.40111°W / 50.69222; -1.40111


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