Freshwater railway station was the westerly terminusSubterranea Britannica's page on Freshwater station
- Nick Catford and largest stationPomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, of the

Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway was a railway line on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom, connecting Freshwater and Yarmouth to Newport. It was intended to connect the thinly populated west of the island, and it opened in 1889. At N ...

, the platform being extended to accommodate the "Tourist Train", a non-stop service from

Ventnor Ventnor () is a seaside resort and civil parish established in the Victorian era on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, from Newport. It is situated south of St Boniface Down, and built on steep slopes leading down to the sea. ...

.Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003

History

Incorporated as the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway Company in 1860,Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 and opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889, it closed 65 years later,Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 having been situated too far from the tourist honeypots of

The Needles The Needles is a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about out of the sea off the western extremity of the Isle of Wight in the English Channel, United Kingdom, close to Alum Bay and Scratchell's Bay, and part of Totland, the westernmo ...

and

Alum Bay Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within close sight of the Needles rock formation. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs. The waters and adj ...

to be consistently profitable.Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 There was a

run-round loop A headshunt (or escape track in the United States) is a short length of track provided to release locomotives at terminal platforms, or to allow shunting to take place clear of main lines. Terminal headshunt A 'terminal headshunt' is a short l ...

, and a goods siding often used for cattle loading. After closure the station was built over by a factory,Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 but this in turn has been demolished and a supermarket now occupies the site.

Stationmasters

*Frederick George Drudge 1889 - ca. 1894 (formerly station master at Horringford) *William Denyer ca. 1899 ca. 1901 *F. Newland 1905 - 1908 (afterwards station master at Whitwell) *Samuel John Urry 1908 - ca. 1915 (formerly station master at Shide, then Calbourne) *S. Russell ca. 1936

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External links

Freshwater station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight Former Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1889 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1953 {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub

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Stationmasters

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