Newport railway station (Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway)

Newport FYN railway station was a railway station at Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. For ten years it was the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[note 1] The station opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[2] and closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[3] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[4] Any trace of the station has long since gone.[5]

Newport FYN
Location
AreaIsle of Wight
Coordinates50.7032°N 1.2942°W / 50.7032; -1.2942
Grid referenceSZ499895
Operations
Pre-groupingFreshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923
Platforms1
History
1 July 1913Opened
1 August 1923Closed
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
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

Notes
  1. Originally incorporated on 26 August 1880 and run out of the original Newport station from 10 September 1888
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See also

References
  1. Pomeroy, Colin A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
  2. Bennett, Alan (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Cheltenham: Runpast. ISBN 1-870754-31-X.
  3. Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
  4. Paye, P. (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
  5. Gammell, C.J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway   Carisbrooke


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