Shide (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Shide
The old Sandown to Newport railway line (now CycleRoute NCN23 route ends by this bridge over the river Medina.
Location
Location Shide
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ504882
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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Shide railway station, was an intermediate station[1] on the southern fringes of Newport situated near Shide Chalk Pits [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 sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for the Island’s cement industry[5], it was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War [6]. The station was built over[7] and the site is now occupied by a warehouse.

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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Except for seven months between February and August 1875 when it was the terminus of the fledgling railway company[1]
  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 ISBN 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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History of Shide Chalk Pit

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