Yarmouth (Isle of Wight) railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Yarmouth (IOW)


caption = The old Freshwater to Newport railway line (now part of CycleRoute NCN23 route) to the south of the village.
gridref = SZ358895
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 = Yarmouth
borough = Isle of Wight
platforms = 2 (until 1923); 1 (1923-53)
years = 10 September 1888
events = Opened (freight)
years1 = 20 July 1889
events1 = Opened (passengers)
years2 = 21 September 1953
events2 = Closed

"This article is about a defunct station on the Isle of Wight, not the similarly named station in the English county of Norfolk"

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate [ [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/y/yarmouth/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica's page on Freshwater station] - Nick Catford] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway, incorporated in 1860 Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X] , opened over a ten month period between 1889 and 1889 and closed 65 years later Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568] . Situated on the outskirts of the town Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629] (but handily placed for transfer to the ferry to LymingtonMaycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ISBN 0853616019] ) it was one of the more economically viable stationsBritton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132] on a generally unprofitable line. Until the 1920s there was a lengthy passing loop and second (staggered) platform Paye P "Isle of Wight Railways remembered": Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191] . The station is now a Youth Club [ [http://eduwight.iow.gov.uk/student/youth_and_community/Part_Time_Youth_Clubs/ Youth Club Details] ] and still very recognisable as a FYNR station Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X] .

References

See also

* List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#434,89,1 Yarmouth station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]
* [http://www.shalfleet.net/steve/fyn.htm History of the FYNR]