Medina Wharf Halt railway station

Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[2] and it never appeared on a public timetable.[3] Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde.[4] After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt.

Medina Wharf
A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt [1]
General information
LocationInlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ 499943
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
1896Opened
21 February 1966Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

After the closure of the passenger station in 1966, freight traffic continued for about a year until the track was lifted in the early 1970s.[5] The trackway is now part of NCN route 23.[6]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Cement Mills Halt   British Rail
Southern Region
IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line		   Mill Hill

References
  1. On the old IoWCR track, now a Cycle Path
  2. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  3. Enthusiasts web-site
  4. Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  5. Hughie White, quoted in "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  6. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X

See also

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