Carisbrooke | |
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![]() The site of the former station in 2018 | |
General information | |
Location | Carisbrooke,
Isle of Wight England |
Coordinates | 50°41′39″N 1°18′44″W / 50.6942°N 1.3121°W |
Grid reference | SZ486885 |
Platforms | 1889-1927:two; 1927-53:one |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Original company | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Pre-grouping | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Post-grouping |
Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953) |
Key dates | |
20 July 1889 | Opened |
21 September 1953 | Closed |
Carisbrooke Station [1] was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke, [2] just outside Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate [3] station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway. It originally had 2 platforms but one platform was abandoned in 1927. It was a busy station for the nearby castle until the advent of the bus routes, [4] but little used thereafter. [5] Closed in 1953, [6] its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown [7] (its only recent use having been by prisoners during World War II [8]). The station has long been demolished and the site is no longer clearly discernible within a school playing field amongst modern development. [9]
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Watchingwell [10] |
British Railways Southern Region Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway |
Newport or Separate FYN station (1913–1923) |