Newport railway station (Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway)

Newport FYN railway station was a railway station at Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. For ten years it was the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[note 1]

Newport FYN
General information
LocationIsle of Wight
England
Coordinates50.7032°N 1.2942°W / 50.7032; -1.2942
Grid referenceSZ499895
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingFreshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 July 1913Opened
1 August 1923Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

History

The station opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[2] and closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[3] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[4] Any trace of the station has long since gone.[5]

Stationmaster

William Oliver Bennett, the station master at Ningwood, was appointed in 1913 and stayed in post until 1924 when he transferred to Littleham.[6]

Notes
  1. Originally incorporated on 26 August 1880 and run out of the original Newport station from 10 September 1888

See also

References
  1. Pomeroy, Colin A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
  2. Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1-870754-31-X.
  3. Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
  4. Paye, P. (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  5. Gammell, C.J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.
  6. "1873-1924 Salaried Staff". London and South Western Railway: 481. 1873. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway   Carisbrooke


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