Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight)

Last updated

Yarmouth (IOW)
Yarmouth (IOW) Railway Station.jpg
The former station building, now passed by National Cycle Route 22. [1]
General information
Location Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
England
Grid reference SZ358895
Platforms2 (until 1923)
1 (1923-53)
Other information
StatusDisused
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 1888Opened (freight)
20 July 1889Opened (passengers)
21 September 1953Closed

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

Contents

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] and is now (as of 2022) a restaurant. It is still very recognisable as a FYNR station. [10]

Stationmasters

The former station in 2017, now a restaurant. Former Yarmouth Railway Station, IW, UK.jpg
The former station in 2017, now a restaurant.
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.
Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Freshwater   British Railways
Southern Region

Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway
  Ningwood

See also

Related Research Articles

<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.

The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway was a railway line on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, connecting Freshwater and Yarmouth to Newport. It was intended to connect the thinly populated west of the island, and it opened in 1889. At Newport it relied on the existing Isle of Wight Central Railway's station, but trains entering it had to shunt back from the junction. The IoWCR worked the line until 1913.

<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">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">Calbourne & Shalfleet railway station</span> Disused railway station in England

Calbourne and Shalfleet railway station, was an intermediate station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860, opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later. Situated between the two villages and serving a moderately populous rural area it was a "reasonably" successful station on an ultimately unprofitable line. Originally the station had a cottage style front but after absorption by the Southern a corrugated building from the acrimonious-split era was relocated to the site. The station itself, situated on the down side, has long been demolished and replaced with a modern bungalow; but the level-crossing keeper's cottage, a short distance away at Pounds Lane, is still visitable.

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

Watchingwell Halt, was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, situated near the hamlet of Upper Watchingwell, that started life as a private halt. It was built at the behest of Sir John Barrington Simeon, M.P for Southampton, in 1897, not included in timetables available to the general public until the creation of the Southern in 1923, de-staffed in 1948 and closed in 1953. It was, by its very nature, a sparsely used station. It is now a private residence Watchingwell Station adorned with railway memorabilia.

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

Carisbrooke Station was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke, just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway. It originally had 2 platforms but one platform was abandoned in 1927. It was a busy station for the nearby castle until the advent of the bus routes, but little used thereafter. Closed in 1953, its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown. The station has long been demolished and the site is no longer clearly discernible within a school playing field amongst modern development.

<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">Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight)</span> Former railway station in England

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

<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. "Sustrans Route 22". Sustrans . 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. "An Island Accident" . Portsmouth Evening News. England. 14 January 1911. Retrieved 26 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. "1873-1924 Salaried Staff". London and South Western Railway: 485. 1873. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
  13. "Gosport" . West Sussex Gazette. England. 6 November 1930. Retrieved 26 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.

Coordinates: 50°42′10″N1°29′42″W / 50.7029°N 1.4949°W / 50.7029; -1.4949