Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860.[2]
Ningwood (IOW) | |
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General information | |
Location | Ningwood, Isle of Wight England |
Grid reference | SZ401883 |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Post-grouping | |
Key dates | |
10 September 1888 | Opened (freight) |
20 July 1889 | Opened (passengers) |
21 September 1953 | Closed |
It opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.[3] A typical rural station [4] that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight,[5] it was one of the less economically viable stations[6] on this unprofitable line. Despite the addition of a 400-foot (120 m) long passing loop and water tank in 1927,[7] the station was in latter years a somewhat lonely outpost. The station house, situated on the "down" side, is now a private residence [8] and the modest passenger shelter on the "up" side their garden shed.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Yarmouth | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Calbourne & Shalfleet |
50°41′35″N 1°26′02″W / 50.69306°N 1.43389°W