Horringford railway station

Horringford
The track bed near Horringford Station is now a cycle path.
General information
LocationHorringford, Isle of Wight
England
Grid referenceSZ543853
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Key dates
1 February 1875Opened
6 February 1956Closed
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

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 (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868.[1][2]

History

An unofficial passenger service operated by the contractor ran from 28 May until 27 July 1872.[3] The station was officially opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later in 1956.[4] 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.[5][6] The station survives as a private house.[7]

Stationmasters

  • Frederick George Drudge ca. 1881 - 1889[8] (formerly station master at Haven Street, afterwards station master at Freshwater)
  • Mr. Tutton from 1889
  • F. Drake ca. 1906[9]
  • Frederick Dew ca. 1910 ca. 1915


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Newchurch   British Railways
Southern Region
IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line 		  Merstone

See also

References

  1. ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  2. ^ "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Bennett,A Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 187075431X
  3. ^ Disused Stations website by N.Catford
  4. ^ Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
  5. ^ Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
  6. ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  7. ^ "Southern Branch Lines", Gammell C.J, Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
  8. ^ "Arreton". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 27 July 1889. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ^ "Dodging the Railway Company". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 6 January 1906. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

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