Medina Wharf Halt railway station

Medina Wharf
Medina Wharf
	A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt
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 until 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[]

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

v t Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway	Freshwater Yarmouth Ningwood Calbourne & Shalfleet Watchingwell Carisbrooke Newport FYN
Isle of Wight Railway	Bembridge St Helens Wroxall Ventnor
Isle of Wight Central Railway	Cowes Mill Hill Medina Wharf Cement Mills Halt Newport IWCR Newport Pan Lane Shide Blackwater Merstone Godshill Whitwell St Lawrence Ventnor West Horringford Newchurch Alverstone Whippingham

Medina Wharf
A spot near the site of Medina Wharf Halt ^[1]
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

Medina Wharf Halt railway station

References[]

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