Blackwater (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Blackwater
Between the old railway line carrying NCN23 at Blackwater and the bridleway carrying the Stenbury Trail.
Location
Location Blackwater
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ507864
Operations
Pre-grouping Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Platforms 1
History
1 February 1875 Opened
6 February 1956 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
A B C D-F G H-J K-L M-O P-R S T-Z  
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Blackwater railway station, was an intermediate station in the very centre of the island[1] situated on the A3020 road [2] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 [3], opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later [4]. A rural station whose “heyday was before the advent of the motor car” [5], during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards [6]. The station survives as an enlarged private house[7] known as “Brambles”.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Merstone   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		   Shide

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hammond,R.J.W(Ed)”Ward Lock Guide to the Isle of Wight” London, Ward Lock, 1969 ISBN 0706310829
  2. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
  3. ^ Bennett,A"Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISABN 187075431X
  4. ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  5. ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
  6. ^ Paye P "Isle of Wight Railways remembered": Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  7. ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X

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