Medina Wharf Halt railway station
Medina Wharf | |
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![]() A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt [1] | |
General information | |
Location | Inlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight England |
Grid reference | SZ 499943 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
Key dates | |
1896 | Opened |
21 February 1966 | Closed |
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Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[2] and it never appeared on a public timetable.[3] Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde.[4] After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt.
After the closure of the passenger station in 1966, freight traffic continued for about a year following which the track was lifted in the early 1970s.[5] The trackway is now part of NCN route 23.[6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Cement Mills Halt | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line | Mill Hill |
References
- ^ On the old IoWCR track, now a Cycle Path
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ Enthusiasts web-site
- ^ Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ Hughie White, quoted in "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
See also
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- Freshwater
- Yarmouth
- Ningwood
- Calbourne & Shalfleet
- Watchingwell
- Carisbrooke
- Newport FYN
- Cowes
- Mill Hill
- Medina Wharf
- Cement Mills Halt
- Newport IWCR
- Newport Pan Lane
- Shide
- Blackwater
- Merstone
- Godshill
- Whitwell
- St Lawrence
- Ventnor West
- Horringford
- Newchurch
- Alverstone
- Whippingham
50°44′48″N 1°17′38″W / 50.7468°N 1.2940°W / 50.7468; -1.2940
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