Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight)

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Blackwater
Blackwater, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
The old station house in 2018
General information
Location Blackwater, Isle of Wight
England
Coordinates 50°40′29″N1°17′05″W / 50.6746°N 1.2847°W / 50.6746; -1.2847
Grid reference SZ507864
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original company Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
Pre-grouping Isle of Wight Central Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed
Location
Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight)
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight RJD 135.jpg
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

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History

Located in the centre of the island on the A3020 road, [1] it was an intermediate station [2] on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was originally operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868). [3] The station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956. [4] A rural station whose "heyday was before the advent of the motor car", [5] during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards. [6] The station survives as an enlarged private house [7] known as Brambles. The old railway track is now a cycle track, though this diverges slightly from the course of the old railway around the station building itself.

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Merstone   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR  : Sandown to Newport line		  Shide

See also

References

  1. ↑ Pomeroy, C. A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford, Past & Present Publishing. ISBN   0-947971-62-9.
  2. ↑ Hammond, R. J. W. (Ed.) (1969). Ward Lock Guide to the Isle of Wight. Ward Lock. ISBN   0-7063-1082-9.
  3. ↑ Bennett, A. (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Runpast. ISBN   187075431X.
  4. ↑ Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst, Middleton. ISBN   0-906520-56-8.
  5. ↑ Britton, A. (1994). Once Upon a Line(Vol 4). Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-513-2.
  6. ↑ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways Remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-212-5.
  7. ↑ Gammell, C. J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-537-X.


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