Carisbrooke railway station
Disused railway station in Isle of Wight, UK
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Carisbrooke Station[1] was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke,[2] just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate[3] station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway. It originally had 2 platforms but one platform was abandoned in 1927. It was a busy station for the nearby castle until the advent of the bus routes,[4] but little used thereafter.[5] Closed in 1953,[6] its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown[7] (its only recent use having been by prisoners during World War II[8]). The station has long been demolished and the site is no longer clearly discernible within a school playing field amongst modern development.[9]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Watchingwell[10] | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Newport or Separate FYN station (1913–1923) | ||
England
Carisbrooke | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
The site of the former station in 2018 | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight England | ||||
| Coordinates | 50.6942°N 1.3121°W | ||||
| Grid reference | SZ486885 | ||||
| Platforms | 1889-1927:two; 1927-53:one | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) | ||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 20 July 1889 | Opened | ||||
| 21 September 1953 | Closed | ||||
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