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Shide railway station was at Shide, on the southern fringes of
History of Shide Chalk Pit
Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight Former Isle of Wight Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 1875 establishments in England 1956 disestablishments in England {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub
Newport, Isle of Wight
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, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was initially operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868).Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994
History
Shide station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956.Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 Situated near Shide Chalk Pits,Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, it was a sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for theIsland
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industry.Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 It was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War
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. The station site was built overGammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 and is now occupied by a warehouse, and the River Medina
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has since been diverted to flow along the course of the old railway at this point. The old track to the south of the station site is now a cycle route (NCN23).
Stationmasters
*George Ranger ca. 1886 *Samuel John Urry ca. 1899 ca. 1901 (afterwards station master at Calbourne) *George Hayward ca. 1915
See also
*List of closed railway stations in Britain
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References
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History of Shide Chalk Pit
Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight Former Isle of Wight Central Railway stations Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1875 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1956 1875 establishments in England 1956 disestablishments in England {{SouthEastEngland-railstation-stub