Cowes railway station
| Cowes railway station | |
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The station in 1963
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| Location | |
| Place | Cowes |
| Area | Isle of Wight |
| Grid reference | SZ496960 |
| Operations | |
| Pre-grouping | Cowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
| Platforms | 3 |
| History | |
| 16 June 1862 | Opened |
| 21 February 1966 | Closed |
| Disused railway stations in the United Kingdom | |
| Closed railway stations in Britain A B C D–F G H–J K–L M–O P–R S T–V W–Z |
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Cowes Railway Station took pride in being the “prettiest station on the Garden Isle”.[1] Opened in 1862, the very first on the island as part of the inaugural “Cowes and Newport” railway[2] it expanded to three platforms as the railway branched out towards Ryde in the years before the motor bus began to diminish trade.[3] In its time prosperous enough to have a WH Smiths bookstall, its latter years were considerably leaner as more and more people took their holidays abroad.[4] The station has long since been demolished[5] and today the area is a supermarket and municipal car park.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Mill Hill | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line |
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See also
References
- ↑ Larry Watson, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
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- ↑ Bennett,A Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight: Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
- ↑ Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight Hay,P: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
- ↑ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
- ↑ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
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