Carisbrooke Station[1] was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke,[2] just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate[3] 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,[4] but little used thereafter.[5] Closed in 1953,[6] its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown[7] (its only recent use having been by prisoners during World War II[8]). The station has long been demolished and the site is no longer clearly discernible within a school playing field amongst modern development.[9]
Carisbrooke | |
|---|---|
 The site of the former station in 2018 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight England |
| Coordinates | 50°41′39″N 1°18′44″W / 50.6942°N 1.3121°W |
| Grid reference | SZ486885 |
| Platforms | 1889-1927:two; 1927-53:one |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) |
| Key dates | |
| 20 July 1889 | Opened |
| 21 September 1953 | Closed |
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watchingwell[10] | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Newport or Separate FYN station (1913–1923) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ After 1927, Carisbrooke Halt
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ Enthusiasts web-site
- ^ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0-85361-601-9
- ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
- ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
- ^ Calbourne before 1923
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