Bembridge railway station

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Bembridge was the terminus [1] of the 2¾ mile branch line that connected it to the main line at Brading[2]. On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points[3]. Opened in 1882, when the area contained the Island's main port[4], it ran with ever dwindling passengers until 1953[5]. The station is long since demolished[6] and a new development (Harbour Strand) in place[7].

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Paye P"Isle of Wight Railways remembered" Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  2. ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  3. ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  4. ^ Viv Hailes quoted in Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4) : Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
  5. ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  6. ^ Pomeroy, C,"Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
  7. ^ Gammell C.JSouthern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X

[edit] See also

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