Godshill railway station
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| Location | Godshill | ||
| Area | Isle of Wight | ||
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| Pre-grouping | Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway (1897-?) Isle of Wight Central Railway (? to 1923) |
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| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to ?) |
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| Platforms | 1 | ||
| History | |||
| 20 July 1897 | Opened | ||
| 15 September 1952 | Closed | ||
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Godshill station opened on 20 July 1897 at Godshill on the Isle of Wight on the Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway, later the Isle of Wight Central Railway. It opened as a single platform station with a small goods siding and this layout remained until closure. The station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in 1927.
The station was not a financial success and never brought a large income to managers. There was some agricultural traffic, notably milk, and a few local passengers until the bus services became well established.
[edit] Location
The station was surrounded by fields but at the same time ½ mile from the centre of the village. This is still the case today. The platform still stands and the station buildings have been converted into private dwellings.
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Merstone | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Merstone to Ventnor West line |
Whitwell | ||
[edit] Other stations on the branch
The other stations on the Ventnor West branch were:
- Merstone (where the branch joined the Newport-Sandown line)
- Whitwell
- St. Lawrence (the original terminus of the line from 1897 to 1900)
- Ventnor West
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