Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight)

Last updated

Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
Arctic Park, Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK.jpg
The site of the former station in 2018, now a small park (Arctic Park). Looking north-west along the course of the old track, the platform was on the left. The blocked-up tunnel entrance can be seen at the far end of the park.
General information
LocationSouthern suburbs of Cowes, Isle of Wight
England
Grid reference SZ497954
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887)
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
1871Opened
21 February 1966Closed
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.

Mill Hill railway station is a disused station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

Contents

History

It opened in 1871 [1] and was first seen as the down train from the main Cowes railway station emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform, [2] the sweep still visible in 2005 [3] on a small area of grass where the demolished station [4] once stood. [5] Unlike many of the Island's railway stations, Mill Hill was busy at the beginning and end of each working day, depositing and picking up hundreds of workmen from shipyards. [6]

Conversely, after passenger closure in 1966 a single employee spent six months on duty at the crossing just past the station with not one chance to open it, [7] although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.

Stationmasters

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Medina Wharf   British Rail
Southern Region

IoW CR  : Newport to Cowes line
  Cowes

See also

Related Research Articles

The Isle of Wight Central Railway (IoWCR) was a railway company on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1887 by the merging of three earlier railways, the Cowes and Newport Railway, the Ryde and Newport Railway and the Isle of Wight Railway,.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Havenstreet railway station</span> Main station on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Havenstreet railway station is a railway station at Havenstreet, Isle of Wight.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Alverstone railway station</span> Disused railway station in Isle of Wight, England

Alverstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Alverstone village on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newchurch railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Horringford railway station</span> Isle of Wight UK station, 1875–1956

Horringford railway station was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Horringford village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1868.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Merstone railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Merstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Merstone village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1868

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight)</span> Railway station in England

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shide railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Shide railway station was at Shide, on the southern fringes of Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was initially operated by the Isle of Wight Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport railway station (Isle of Wight Central Railway)</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Newport railway station was established in 1862 with the opening of the Cowes and Newport Railway. It was enlarged in December 1875 when the lines to Ryde and Ventnor were opened. The station was also used by the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway from its opening in 1888 until 1913, when that company opened its own station nearby. Upon the formation of the Southern Railway in 1923 reverted to using this station. The station was closed by British Railways in 1966. It was then used as a base for the Wight Locomotive Society until January 1971, when it was demolished.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Newport railway station (Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway)</span> Disused railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Newport FYN railway station was a railway station at Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. For ten years it was the alternative terminus of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Freshwater railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Man, UK

Freshwater railway station was the westerly terminus and largest station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, the platform being extended to accommodate the "Tourist Train", a non-stop service from Ventnor.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight)</span> Former railway station in Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ningwood railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wroxall railway station</span> Former railway station in England

Wroxall railway station was an intermediate station on the Isle of Wight Railway line from Ryde, situated between Shanklin and Ventnor with an upland situation. To the north lay Apse Bank with its three miles of 1 in 70 gradient and three bridges. The gradient eased in the station but increased again to 1 in 88 as Ventnor Tunnel was approached.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cement Mills Halt railway station</span> Former railway station in England

Cement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane. It was not included on public time tables but was available to ramblers visible enough on the primitive gas-lit platform to stop the train "on request". The trackway is now part of a national cycle route.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Medina Wharf Halt railway station</span> Former railway station in England

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 and it never appeared on a public timetable. Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde. After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Cowes railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Cowes railway station was a railway station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It took pride in being the "prettiest station on the Garden Isle".

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Whippingham railway station</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Whippingham railway station is a former railway station near Whippingham on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">St Helens railway station (Isle of Wight)</span> Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

St Helen's with its 232-foot-long (71 m) single platform was the only intermediate stop on the 2+34-mile (4.4 km) branch line that connected Brading to the coast at Bembridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bembridge railway station</span> Disused railway station in Isle of Wight, UK

Bembridge was the terminus of the 2+34-mile branch line that connected it to the main line at Brading. On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points.

References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 316
  2. Pomeroy, C. A. (1993). Isle of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN   0-947971-62-9.
  3. Catford, Nick. "Mill Hill". Disused Stations.
  4. Built in 1880 Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN   0-906520-56-8.
  5. Gammell, C. J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-537-X.
  6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-212-5.
  7. Hughie White, quoted in Britton, A. (1994). Once Upon a Line. Vol. 4. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-513-2.
  8. "County Bench" . Isle of Wight Observer. England. 18 October 1879. Retrieved 28 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. "Obstructing a Central Railway Official" . Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 17 October 1896. Retrieved 28 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.

Coordinates: 50°45′26″N1°17′50″W / 50.7573°N 1.2973°W / 50.7573; -1.2973