Blackwater railway station (Isle of Wight)
Railway station in England
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Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.
Blackwater | |||||
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The old station house in 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Blackwater, Isle of Wight England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50.6746°N 1.2847°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SZ507864 | ||||
| Platforms | 1 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight Central Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | |||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 1 February 1875 | Opened | ||||
| 6 February 1956 | Closed | ||||
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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.
