| Alverstone Station (Steam) |
| The station house survives with few alterations but all other evidence of the station has gone.
The original timber platform at Alverstone was replaced by one built with earth and clinker with timber facing. A single line siding served a small goods yard on the north side of the station. |
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| Ashey Station ( Steam ) |
| The up platform has been restored and reopened in 1991 as part of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The main station buildings on the down platform have been converted into a private residence but much of the platform has been demolished. |
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| Bembridge Station (Steam) |
| The station was demolished in the early 1970's with a new residential development now standing on the site. Nothing remains. |
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| Blackwater Gravelpit Tramway |
| Shown on the 1898 map |
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| Blackwater Station (Steam) |
| The station house is still standing and in private occupation; it has been enlarged and extended over the end of the platform. The platform is still extant although the station buildings have been demolished. |
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| Brading Station |
| The line to Ventnor was opened in 1866, one of the new halts along the way was Brading. |
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| Calbourne and Shalfleet Station (Steam) |
| The station was situated between the two villages of Calbourne and Shalfleet. Following the closure of Newport Station after the Southern Railway took over the line the wood and corrugated iron ticket office was moved from Newport to Calbourne. |
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| Calbourne Viaduct |
| Shown on the 1909 map |
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| Carisbrooke Station (Steam) |
| In playing field on the south site of Kinchington Road Demolished - a slight hump in the playing field of Archbishop King RC Middle School marks the site of the station |
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| Cement Mills Halt (Steam) |
| Demolished - no trace of the halt remains. The trackbed is now part of the Newport - Cowes cycleway. |
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| Cowes Station (Steam) |
| Demolished - the station was cleared in the early 1970's and for many years the site was a car park. A supermarket has now been built on the site. The footbridge was dismantled and rebuilt at Medstead & Four Mark Station on the Watercress Line in Hampshire. |
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| Freshwater Station (Steam) |
| The main station building has been demolished and the site is now occupied by a Co-op supermarket. Sections of the platform still remain in the Honor and Jeffery Garden Centre behind the Co-op. |
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| Godshill Station (Steam) |
| The platform is still extant and the station buildings and the station house have both been converted into private residences. There is a new extension to the main station building, this is built onto the platform.
A single 260 foot long siding served a small goods yard on the east side of the station. Godshill continued to handle dairy milk traffic until closure. The station was downgraded to an unstaffed halt in 1927. |
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| Havenstreet Station (steam) |
| The station has been restored and reopened as part of the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. |
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| Honeyhill Railway Bridge |
| Towngate Pond Bridge Newport - Freshwater line. |
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| Horringford Station (Steam) |
| The main station building/stationmaster's house still stands although with some alterations. It is now a private residence. The platform is also extant but there is a high fence round the whole site and it can't be seen. |
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| Lake |
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| Medina Wharf Halt (Steam) |
| In 1991 three of the cut down sleeper uprights that supported the platform were still in place in the undergrowth alongside the public footpath that now follows the track. |
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| Medina Wharf Siding Viaduct |
| Shown on the 1909 map |
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| Merstone Station (Steam) |
| The platform is still extant. The station site is now a public area and a car park for the Perowne Way (cycleway). The car park and cycleway are on one side of the island platform with grass the other side. |
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| Mill Hill Station (Steam) |
| Demolished - the station building has been demolished and the trackbed filled in although part of the sweep of the platform edge was still visible in the small park that occupies some of the station site. New housing has been built on the southern part of the station site. |
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| Newchurch Station (Steam) |
| Demolished - the only evidence of the station is a short section of the platform ramp which has been incorporated into a garden rockery but not in its original position. |
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| Newport Pan Lane Station (Steam) |
| Demolished - the Newport Bypass now follows the course of the railway through the site of Pan Lane Station. |
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| Newport Quay Railway Bridge |
| The bridge was situated over the River Medina at Newport Quay. |
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| Newport Station (Steam) |
| Demolished - a funeral parlour now stands on the site of the station. Following the break with the IWC from 1.7.1913, the FNY had its own station with a wooden platform. Following closure in 1923 the station was soon demolished by the Southern Railway. |
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| Ningwood Station (steam) |
| The platforms and buildings all survive with the main stations buildings on the down platform converted into a private residence. The platform shelter on the up platform is used as a garden store. |
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| Proposed Solent Train Tunnel 1900 |
| A tunnel was first mooted in 1885 but it was only in 1900 that the idea took root. A plan to build it from the west end of the island to the mainland with a connection to the main lines via southampton |
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| Ryde Esplanade |
| Data Required |
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| Ryde Pier Gate |
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| Ryde Pier Head |
| Ryde Pier Head railway station serves the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth on the UK mainland. |
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| Ryde Pier Tram Terminus |
| The first of the great pleasure piers to be built, Ryde pier not only still survives, albeit in a somewhat different form from the original structure, but continues to handle cross-Solent ferry passengers to this day. Designed by John Kent of Southampton, the foundation stone of Ryde Pier was laid on 29th June 1813, the completed pier opening a year later on 26th July 1814. |
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| Ryde St Johns |
| Data required |
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| Ryde St Johns Road - Engine Repair Sheds |
| After the railways of the Isle of Wight had merged into one with the formation of the Southern Railway the locomotive servicing and repair facilities were centred on Ryde St John’s Road where the premises were either side of the station. |
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| Ryde St Johns Tram Terminus |
| The tram service terminated at St Johns Road Station. |
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| Ryde Tram - Strand Arch |
| The original strand horse drawn tram turned right into the strand making a rather strange detour through the middle of a house. It was not that much liked by pedesitrians as at night they often took fright in The Strand as the horses came through the house in front of them! |
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| Sandown Station |
| Sandown Station came into being in 1864 with the opening of the Ryde to Ventnor line. |
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| Shanklin Station |
| Data Required |
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| Shide Halt (Steam) |
| Demolished - nothing remains, a warehouse stands on the site of the station.
Shide was the terminus of the line from Sandown for seven months while work was completed on the line up to the temporary terminus at Pan Lane, Newport.
All trace of the station has now gone and the River Medina has been diverted along the permanent way. |
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| Simeon Street Tram Stop |
| Tram tracks from the Esplanade to St John’s Station, with a stop at Simeon Street |
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| Smallbrook Halt |
| In 1887 The Ryde to Newport were joined at Smallbrook Junction. |
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| Smithards, later Gas House Siding (Steam) |
| Siding with basic platform serving the Gas Works, shown on the 1909 map |
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| St Helens Station (Steam) |
| The station has been tastefully converted into a private residence. The canopy has been retained and incorporated into a sun lounge along the whole length of the platform.
St. Helens was the only intermediate station on the Bembridge branch. |
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| St Lawrence Station (Steam) |
| The platform and station building are both extant although the trackbed has been infilled up to the level of the platform although the platform edge is still visible. The owner hopes to restore the building in due course. |
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| St Mary's Road Rail Bridge |
| Shown on the 1909 map |
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| Ventnor Funicular Railway (Proposed) Central Railway Station |
| Shown on the 1898 map |
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| Ventnor Funicular Railway (Proposed) Central Station |
| Shown on 1898 map |
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| Ventnor Funicular Railway (Proposed) Esplanade Terminus |
| In 1897 the Ventnor Inclined (Light) Railway Company was formed with the intention of applying for a license from the Board of Trade for a Light Railway Order for three lines. |
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| Ventnor Funicular Railway (Proposed) St Boniface Station |
| Approximate position |
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| Ventnor Station Old Station Road (Steam) |
| Demolished - the site is now a light industrial estate and little survives apart from the tunnel portal within a Southern Water compound and some excavated chambers in the quarry face that by local merchants when the station was in use. |
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| Ventnor West Station (steam) |
| Although the station was demolished during the construction of Castle Close, the main station building has been retained and converted into a number of dwellings with side of the building that faced the platform now facing onto Castle Close. |
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| Watchinwell Station (Steam) |
| Both the station building and platform are extant and in private occupation. At this point a farm track/footpath has been diverted along the trackbed passing the station. A section of platform including one of the ramps can be seen in the garden. |
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| West Ashey - Ashey Racecourse (Steam) |
| A public footpath running south from Ashey Station follows the line of the branch passing the station site.
From the down loop at Ashey Station a siding ran south to a chalk quarry under Ashey Down, this also served the adjacent Ashey Racecourse. Ashey and Ashey Racecourse Stations were particularly busy on race days in the years preceding 1929 when the grandstand was gutted by fire and the racecourse was abandoned. The station never appeared in a public timetable.
The 1919 Ordnance Survey map below clearly shows the quarry siding and the racecourse but the station is not shown. A station has been added to the map at what seems to be the most likely position, adjacent to the grandstand but there is no evidence to confirm this is the correct position.
The book 'Private and Untimetabled Railway Stations' (Oakwood Press 1982) lists the racecourse station and gives a National Grid Reference. However, although a 3 figure easting is quoted one figure has been committed from the northing. |
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| West Medina Cement Works Tramways |
| Shown on the 1898 map |
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| Whippingham Station (Steam) |
| The station house has been restored and is in private occupation. A cycleway runs along the track bed at this point and a high fence has been erected making the station difficult to view. The down platform is still extant although heavily overgrown. |
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| Whitwell Station (Steam) |
| Both platforms and all station buildings are extant although the trackbed between the platforms has been infilled although the platform edges are still visible. The station has been restored including a new canopy on the main building on the up platform and a station sign on the down platform. The waiting rooms have been converted into two holiday cottages.
Whitwell was the only station on the line to have a passing loop and two platforms. The main station buildings are on the up platform with a small waiting shelter on the down platform. There was a small goods yard and loading dock on the down side. The NG & SLR was taken over by the IWCR in 1913 but despite all efforts to attract passengers the route to Ventnor by the Isle of Wight Railway was always more direct and more popular. After the Southern Railway takeover in 1923 economies were made and with the small amount of traffic the passing loop could no longer be justified and this was taken out of use in 1926 and the signal box was closed.
The station was downgraded to 'partially unstaffed' (summer season only) on 16.3.1928 and further downgraded to an unstaffed halt and goods depot on 1.7.1941. |
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| Wootton Station (Steam) |
| The arch of the Station Road overbridge has been infilled and a wide ramp has been built to allow cycles and walkers down onto the trackbed. |
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| Wroxall Station (Steam) |
| The station has been demolished with a new road running across the south end of the site. The adjacent Station Hotel still stands having been converted into residential units. |
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| Yarmouth Station (Steam) |
| The platform and station building are both extant, the building having been converted into a youth centre (1990). A public footpath runs along the track bed at this point. |
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