| 词条 | Freshwater railway station |
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| name = Freshwater | image = | caption = The old Freshwater to Newport railway line (now part of CycleRoute NCN23 route) as it approaches the village. | gridref = SZ343871 | manager = Freshwater, Yarmouth & Newport Railway(1888-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923) | owner = Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) | locale = Freshwater | borough = Isle of Wight | platforms = 1 | years = 10 September 1888 | events = Opened (freight) | years1 = 20 July 1889 | events1 = Opened (passengers) | years2 = 21 September 1953 | events2 = Closed }}{{about|a defunct station on the Isle of Wight|the station on the Kuranda Scenic Railway, Australia|Freshwater railway station, Queensland}}Freshwater railway station was the westerly terminus[1] and largest station[2] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, the platform being extended to accommodate the "Tourist Train", a non-stop service from Ventnor.[3] Incorporated as the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway Company in 1860,[4] and opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889, it closed 65 years later,[5] having been situated too far from the tourist honeypots of The Needles and Alum Bay to be consistently profitable.[6] There was a run-round loop, and a goods siding often used for cattle loading.[7] After closure the station was built over by a factory,[8] but this in turn has been demolished and a supermarket now occupies the site.[1]{{Disused Rail Start}}{{Rail line|previous= Terminus|next=Yarmouth |route=British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway|col=00008B}}{{end}} See also
References1. ^1 Subterranea Britannica's page on Freshwater station - Nick Catford 2. ^Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, {{ISBN|0-947971-62-9}} 3. ^Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 {{ISBN|0-85361-601-9}} 4. ^Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 {{ISBN|1-870754-31-X}} 5. ^Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 {{ISBN|0-906520-56-8}} 6. ^Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 {{ISBN|0-86093-513-2}} 7. ^{{cite book |last=Paye |first=Peter |title=Isle of Wight Railways remembered |location=Oxford |publisher=OPC |year=1984 |isbn=0-86093-212-5 |ref=harv }} 8. ^Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 {{ISBN|0-86093-537-X}} External links
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