Newchurch railway station

Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Newchurch
The track bed near Newchurch Station is now a cycle path.
General information
Location	Newchurch, Isle of Wight England
Grid reference	SZ577856
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868-inc; 1875-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Key dates
1 February 1875	Opened
6 February 1956	Closed

Newchurch railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Newchurch village ^[1] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868,^[2] opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later.^[3] Despite its rural location a "respectable"^[4] number of families alighted at the simple station, "little more than a wooden hut".^[5] The nearest location to the site is a bungalow, Newchurch Crossing.^[6]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Alverstone		British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		Horringford

References

^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
^ 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
^ 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.
^ Gammell C.J, "Southern Branch Lines", Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X