Wootton railway station

Infobox UK station
name = Wootton


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gridref = SZ534912
manager = Ryde and Newport Railway (1875 to 1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Isle of Wight Steam Railway (since 1971 )
locale = Wootton Common
borough = Isle of Wight
platforms = One
years = 1875
events = Opened
years1 = September 21 1953
events1 = Closed
years2 = 1971
events2 = Reopened
years3 = 1987
events3 =Extended

Wootton railway station is a heritage railway station on the Isle of Wight, of the south coast of the United Kingdom. It opened in 1875 ["Isle Of Wight Railways, then and now" Pomeroy, C,A: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629] was an intermediate stop on (successively) the Ryde and Newport Railway, Isle of Wight Central Railway, Southern Railways and British Rail. It closed on September 21 1953 ["Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight" Hay,P : Midhurst,Middleton, 1988, ISBN 0906520568] but re-opened as an extension to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 1971. A new station was opened in 1987 [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/w/wootton/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica] ] . In 2005 a newly restored LB&SCR A1 Class 'terrier' locomotive was unveiled at the station [ [http://www.flickr.com/photos/richardandgill/1160570893/ Photo of “Ajax”] ] .

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