Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight)

This article is about the former station on the Isle of Wight. For the station in Norfolk, see Great Yarmouth railway station.

Yarmouth (IOW)
The former station building, now passed by National Cycle Route 22. [1]
General information
Location	Yarmouth, Isle of Wight England
Grid reference	SZ358895
Platforms	2 (until 1923) 1 (1923-53)
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway (1888-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Key dates
10 September 1888	Opened (freight)
20 July 1889	Opened (passengers)
21 September 1953	Closed
Location

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate ^[2] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

History

It was incorporated in 1860, ^[3] opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later. ^[4] Situated on the outskirts of the town ^{[5] [6]} ) it was one of the more economically viable stations ^[7] on a generally unprofitable line. Until the 1920s there was a lengthy passing loop and second (staggered) platform. ^[8] The former station building was for a period used as a Youth Club,. ^[9] The original station building has been extended by the addition to its north of a replica station building, and since 2022 has housed a restaurant. It is still very recognisable as a FYNR station. ^{[10] [11]}

Stationmasters

• George William Ranger until ca. 1891 (afterwards station master at Cowes)
• Robert White ca. 1898 ca. 1909
• Henry George Spinks ca. 1910 - 1911 (injured during a shunting accident resulting in the amputation of his arm) ^[12]
• Henry William Hodges 1911 - 1924 ^[13]
• Charles Dennett 1924 - 1930 ^[14] (formerly station master at St Lawrence and Ventnor West, afterwards station master at Gosport)
• A.W. Young ca. 1936 ca. 1937

The former station in 2017, now a restaurant.

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

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Freshwater		British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway		Ningwood

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. "Sustrans Route 22". Sustrans. Archived from the original on 17 February 2005. Retrieved 3 January 2009.
2. Subterranea Britannica's page on Yarmouth station - Nick Catford
3. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN   1-870754-31-X
4. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN   0-906520-56-8
5. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN   0-947971-62-9
6. Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN   0-85361-601-9
7. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN   0-86093-513-2
8. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN   0-86093-212-5.
9. "Youth Club Details". Archived from the original on 6 February 2012.
10. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN   0-86093-537-X
11. "Yarmouth Station". disused-stations.org.uk. Disused Stations.
12. "An Island Accident" . Portsmouth Evening News. England. 14 January 1911. Retrieved 26 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.
13. "1873-1924 Salaried Staff". London and South Western Railway: 485. 1873. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
14. "Gosport" . West Sussex Gazette. England. 6 November 1930. Retrieved 26 July 2021– via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Yarmouth station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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