Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight)

Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

Blackwater
The old station house in 2018
General information
LocationBlackwater, Isle of Wight
England
Coordinates50.6746°N 1.2847°W / 50.6746; -1.2847
Grid referenceSZ507864
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyIsle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight Central Railway
Post-grouping
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

History

Located in the centre of the island on the A3020 road,[1] it was an intermediate station[2] on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was originally operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868).[3] The station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956.[4] A rural station whose "heyday was before the advent of the motor car",[5] during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards.[6] The station survives as an enlarged private house[7] known as Brambles. The old railway track is now a cycle track, though this diverges slightly from the course of the old railway around the station building itself.

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Merstone   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		   Shide

See also

References
  1. Pomeroy, C. A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford, Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
  2. Hammond, R. J. W. (Ed.) (1969). Ward Lock Guide to the Isle of Wight. Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-1082-9.
  3. Bennett, A. (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Runpast. ISBN 187075431X.
  4. Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst, Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
  5. Britton, A. (1994). Once Upon a Line(Vol 4). Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-513-2.
  6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways Remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  7. Gammell, C. J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.


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