Horringford (Isle of Wight) railway station
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| Location | |||
| Location | Horringford | ||
| Area | Isle of Wight | ||
| Grid reference | SZ543853 | ||
| Operations | |||
| Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
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| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956) |
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| Platforms | 1 | ||
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| 1 February 1875 | Opened | ||
| 6 February 1956 | Closed | ||
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Horringford railway station was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Horringford village on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868.[1][2] The station was opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later in 1956.[3] In its early years it was busy on market days when farmers took their cattle to Newport market, and in later years it carried the local sugar beet trade.[4][5] The station survives as a private house.[6]
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Newchurch | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line |
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[edit] References
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0947971629
- ^ "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Bennett,A Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISABN 187075431X
- ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0906520568
- ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0860935132
- ^ "Isle of Wight Railways remembered", Paye P, Oxford, OPC, 1984 ISBN 0860932191
- ^ "Southern Branch Lines", Gammell C.J, Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 086093537X
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