Cowes railway station
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| Cowes railway station | |||
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| The station in 1963 | |||
| Location | |||
| Location | Cowes | ||
| Area | Isle of Wight | ||
| Grid reference | 496960_region:GB_scale:25000 SZ 496960 | ||
| Operations | |||
| Pre-grouping | Cowes to Newport Railway (1862-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
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| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
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| Platforms | 3 | ||
| History | |||
| 16 June 1862 | Opened | ||
| 21 February 1966 | Closed | ||
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |||
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Cowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle” [1]. Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway [2] it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out towards Ryde in the years before the motor bus began to diminish trade[3]. In its time prosperous enough to have a WH Smiths bookstall latter years were considerably leaner as more and more people took their holidays abroad [4]. The station has long since been demolished[5] and today the area is a municipal car park[6].
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Mill Hill | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line |
Terminus | ||
[edit] References
- ^ Larry Watson, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
- ^ Isle of Wight Railways remembered Paye P: Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
- ^ Bennett,A Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
- ^ Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
- ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
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