Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station | |
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Location | |
Place | Southern suburbs of Cowes |
Area | Isle of Wight |
Grid reference | SZ497954 |
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 | 1 |
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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Mill Hill Railway Station is a disused station on the Isle of Wight. It was first seen as the down train from Cowes emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform,[1] the sweep still visible in 2005 [2] on a small area of grass where the demolished station[3] once stood.[4] Unlike many Island railway stations Mill Hill was busy at the beginning and end of each working day, depositing and picking up hundreds of workmen from shipyards.[5] Conversely, after passenger closure in 1966 a single employee spent six months on duty at the crossing just past the station with not one chance to open it,[6] although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Medina Wharf | British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Newport to Cowes line |
Cowes |
See also
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- ↑ Pomeroy, C,A Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now: Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ↑ Enthusiasts web-site
- ↑ Built in 1880 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
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- ↑ Hughie White, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
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