Wroxall railway station

Wroxall
General information
Location	Wroxall, Isle of Wight, Isle of Wight England
Coordinates	50°36′57″N1°13′20″W / 50.6159°N 1.2221°W / 50.6159; -1.2221
Platforms	Two
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Isle of Wight Railway (1864 to 1923)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
10 September 1866 [1]	Opened
17 April 1966	Closed
Location

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

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. ^[2] The gradient eased in the station but increased again to 1 in 88 as Ventnor Tunnel was approached. ^[3]

History

Reasonably busy with commuter traffic all the year round ^[4] it was originally built with a single siding, goods traffic diminished rapidly with the advent of the motor bus. ^[5] The Station Hotel was situated on the Up Platform and was converted into housing after the station closed. ^[6] Next to this was a single storey station, now demolished. ^[7] On the downside was a small shelter. ^[8] The station was lit by gas up until its closure. Apse bank was a favourite location for photographers, as it presented by far the hardest challenge to steam trains on the Ryde-Ventnor route.

The station has been demolished, with a new road (Station Road) running across the south end of the site. The adjacent Station Hotel still stands having been converted into residential units, located on St. Martins Road, as does the road overbridge.

Stationmasters

• Charles Panty ca. 1868 - 1871 ^[9] (afterwards station master at Shanklin)
• Charles Newnham ca. 1876
• William Weeks 1877 - 1882 ^[10] (afterwards station master at St Helen's)
• Philip Jenkin 1882 - 1912 ^[11] (afterwards station master at Ventnor)
• Alex Wheway until 1919
• W. Lown from 1937 (also station master at Shanklin)

References

1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 92
2. Upper Hyde Lane, Cliff and Three Arch Sheet 196, The Solent & Isle of Wight (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2006. ISBN   0-319-22869-X.
3. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-212-5.
4. Britton, A (1994). George Lewis, porter at Wroxall Station, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4). Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-513-2.
5. Hay, P (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN   0-906520-56-8.
6. Pomeroy, C (1993). Isle of Wight Railways. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN   0-947971-62-9.
7. Bennett, A (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN   1-870754-31-X.
8. Wroxall Station "Disused Stations". Subterranea Britannica.
9. "The Isle of Wight Railway" . Hampshire Telegraph. England. 28 June 1871. Retrieved 25 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "Wroxall" . Isle of Wight Observer. England. 27 May 1882. Retrieved 25 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
11. "Ventnor. Presentation" . Portsmouth Evening News. England. 10 July 1912. Retrieved 25 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Ventnor		British Rail Southern Region IoWR  : Main line		Shanklin

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain