Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) railway station

Yarmouth (IOW)

The former station building, now passed by National Cycle Route 22.[1]
Location
Place Yarmouth
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ358895
Operations
Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth and 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 2 (until 1923)
1 (1923-53)
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
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A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate [2] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860,[3] opened over a ten-month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.[4] Situated on the outskirts of the town [5] (but handily placed for transfer to the ferry to Lymington[6]) it was one of the more economically viable stations[7] on a generally unprofitable line. Until the 1920s there was a lengthy passing loop and second (staggered) platform.[8] The station is now a Youth Club [9] and still very recognisable as a FYNR station.[10]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Freshwater   British Railways
Southern Region

Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway
  Ningwood

See also

References

  1. "Sustrans Route 22". Sustrans. Retrieved 2009-01-03.
  2. Subterranea Britannica's page on Yarmouth station - Nick Catford
  3. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
  4. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  5. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  6. Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
  7. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  8. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  9. Youth Club Details
  10. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X

External links

Coordinates: 50°42′10″N 1°29′42″W / 50.7029°N 1.4949°W / 50.7029; -1.4949


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