Bembridge_railway_station Knowpia

Bembridge was the terminus^[1] of the 2+3⁄4-mile (4+1⁄2 km) branch railway line that connected it to the main line at Brading on the Isle of Wight, England.^[2] On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points.^[2]

History edit

Opened in 1882, when the area contained the island's main port,^[3] it ran with ever-dwindling passengers until 1953.^[4] The station is long since demolished^[5] and a new development (Harbour Strand) in place.^[6]

Stationmasters edit

William Weeks 1881–1891^[7]
Harry Owen Bench c. 1899–1902
Walter John Daish^[8] 1908–c. 1915 (formerly station master at Ryde St John's)
Martin Stanley c. 1951

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
St Helen's		British Railways Southern Region Isle of Wight Railway (Brading Harbour Improvement and Railway Company) Brading to Bembridge line		Terminus

References edit

^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
^ ^a ^b Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
^ Viv Hailes quoted in Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4) : Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
^ Pomeroy, C,"Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
^ Gammell C.JSouthern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
^ "Obituary". Isle of Wight Country Press and South of England Reporter. England. 14 November 1891. Retrieved 27 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
^ "Brevities". West Sussex Gazette. England. 4 September 1924. Retrieved 27 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.