Bembridge railway station
Disused railway station in Isle of Wight, UK
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Bembridge was the terminus[1] of the 2+3⁄4-mile (4+1⁄2 km) branch railway line that connected it to the main line at Brading on the Isle of Wight, England.[2] On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points.[2]
History
Opened in 1882, when the area contained the island's main port,[3] it ran with ever-dwindling passengers until 1953.[4] The station is long since demolished[5] and a new development (Harbour Strand) in place.[6]
Stationmasters
- William Weeks 1881–1891[7]
- Harry Owen Bench c. 1899–1902
- Walter John Daish[8] 1908–c. 1915 (formerly station master at Ryde St John's)
- Martin Stanley c. 1951
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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St Helen's | British Railways Southern Region Isle of Wight Railway (Brading Harbour Improvement and Railway Company) Brading to Bembridge line | Terminus |
See also
References
- ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
- ^ a b Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ^ Viv Hailes quoted in Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4) : Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ^ Pomeroy, C,"Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ Gammell C.JSouthern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
- ^ "Obituary". Isle of Wight Country Press and South of England Reporter. England. 14 November 1891. Retrieved 27 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Brevities". West Sussex Gazette. England. 4 September 1924. Retrieved 27 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
External links
- Bembridge on Subterranea Britannica
- Bembridge station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
- Bembridge on Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (1907)
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Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
- Freshwater
- Yarmouth
- Ningwood
- Calbourne & Shalfleet
- Watchingwell
- Carisbrooke
- Newport FYN
- Bembridge
- St Helens
- Wroxall
- Ventnor
- Cowes
- Mill Hill
- Medina Wharf
- Cement Mills Halt
- Newport IWCR
- Newport Pan Lane
- Shide
- Blackwater
- Merstone
- Godshill
- Whitwell
- St Lawrence
- Ventnor West
- Horringford
- Newchurch
- Alverstone
- Whippingham
50°41′34″N 1°5′22″W / 50.69278°N 1.08944°W / 50.69278; -1.08944
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