Ningwood railway station
Former railway station in Isle of Wight, UK
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Ningwood railway station, was an intermediate [1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860.[2]
Ningwood | |||||
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The old station at Ningwood, now a private residence. | |||||
| General information | |||||
| Location | Ningwood, Isle of Wight England | ||||
| Grid reference | SZ401883 | ||||
| Platforms | 2 | ||||
| Other information | |||||
| Status | Disused | ||||
| History | |||||
| Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | ||||
| Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway | ||||
| Post-grouping | |||||
| Key dates | |||||
| 10 September 1888 | Opened (freight) | ||||
| 20 July 1889 | Opened (passengers) | ||||
| 21 September 1953 | Closed | ||||
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History
It opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.[3] A typical rural station [4] that rapidly lost passengers once buses reached West Wight,[5] it was one of the less economically viable stations[6] on this unprofitable line. Despite the addition of a 400-foot (120 m) long passing loop and water tank in 1927,[7] the station was in latter years a somewhat lonely outpost. The station house, situated on the "down" side, is now a private residence [8] and the modest passenger shelter on the "up" side their garden shed.
Stationmasters
- Henry George Spinks ca. 1899 ca. 1901 (afterwards station master at Yarmouth)
- William Oliver Bennett 1905 - 1913[9] (afterwards station master at Newport FYN station)
- Ernest Charles Rolf ca. 1915
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Yarmouth | British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Calbourne & Shalfleet | ||
