Cowes railway station
Cowes railway station | |
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The station in 1963
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Location | |
Place | Cowes |
Area | Isle of Wight |
Grid reference | SZ496960 |
Operations | |
Pre-grouping | Cowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
Platforms | 3 |
History | |
16 June 1862 | Opened |
21 February 1966 | Closed |
Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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UK Railways portal |
Cowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle”.[1] Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway[2] it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out towards Ryde in the years before the motor bus began to diminish trade.[3] In its time prosperous enough to have a WH Smiths bookstall, its latter years were considerably leaner as more and more people took their holidays abroad.[4] The station has long since been demolished[5] and today the area is a supermarket and municipal car park.[6]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Mill Hill | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line |
Terminus |
See also
References
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- ↑ Larry Watson, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
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- ↑ Bennett,A Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ↑ Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
- ↑ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
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