Medina Wharf Halt railway station

Medina Wharf
A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt [1]
General information
Location	Inlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight England
Grid reference	SZ 499943
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
1896	Opened
21 February 1966	Closed

A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[2] and it never appeared on a public timetable.[3] Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde.[4] After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt.

After the closure of the passenger station in 1966, freight traffic continued for about a year following which the track was lifted in the early 1970s.[5] The trackway is now part of NCN route 23.[6]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Cement Mills Halt		British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line		Mill Hill

References

1. On the old IoWCR track, now a Cycle Path
2. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
3. Enthusiasts web-site
4. Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
5. Hughie White, quoted in "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
6. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

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