Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Carisbrooke (IOW)
Carisbrooke Trading Estate at Gunville, built on the route of the old Newport to Freshwater railway line
Location
Location Carisbrooke
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ486885
Operations
Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Platforms 1888-1927:two; 1927-53:one
History
10 September 1888 Opened
21 September 1953 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Portal:Carisbrooke (Isle of Wight) railway station
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Carisbrooke Station[1] was an intermediate [2] station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway ,situated near the village of Carisbrooke [3] just outside Newport. 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 Two[8]). The station has long been demolished and the site barely discernible within a school playing field[9].

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Watchingwell[10]   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Freshwater to Newport line		   Newport[11]

[edit] References

  1. ^ After 1927, Carisbrooke Halt
  2. ^ Enthusiasts web-site
  3. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
  4. ^ Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0853616019
  5. ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  6. ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
  7. ^ Paye P "Isle of Wight Railways remembered": Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
  8. ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
  9. ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
  10. ^ Calbourne before 1923
  11. ^ A separate station was used between 1913 and 1923

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Ex stations on the Isle of Wight


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