Watchingwell Halt (Isle of Wight) railway station

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Watchingwell (IOW)
Watchingwell Station, now a private residence.
Location
Location Upper Watchingwell
Area Isle of Wight
Grid reference SZ448884
Operations
Pre-grouping Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1897-1913)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Platforms 1
History
19 June 1897 Opened
21 September 1953 Closed
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom

Closed railway stations in Britain
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Watchingwell Halt[1], was an intermediate [2] station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway ,situated near the hamlet of Upper Watchingwell [3], that started life as a private halt. It was built at the bequest of Sir John Barrington Simeon, M.P for Southampton[4], in 1897, not included in timetables available to the general public until the creation of the Southern in 1923[5], and closed in 1953[6]. It was, by its very nature, a sparsely used station[7] but the only one prior to electrification in 1965 to include a cattle grid on its premises[8]. It is now a private residence Watchingwell Station[9] adorned with railway memorabilia.

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Calbourne   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Freshwater to Newport line		   Carisbrooke

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sometimes known as Upper Watchingwell 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

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