Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight)
Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station | |
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![]() The site of the former station in 2018, now a small park (Arctic Park). Looking north-west along the course of the old track, the platform was on the left. The blocked-up tunnel entrance can be seen at the far end of the park. | |
Location | Southern suburbs of Cowes, Isle of Wight England |
Grid reference | SZ497954 |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
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) |
Key dates | |
16 June 1862 | Opened |
21 February 1966 | Closed |
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Mill Hill railway station is a disused station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
History[]
It opened on 16 June 1862 and was first seen as the down train from the main Cowes railway station 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 of the Island's 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chance to open it,[6] although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.
Stationmasters[]
- William Henry Strawn ca. 1879[7] ca. 1880 (afterwards station master at Haven Street)
- John William Gibbs ca. 1896[8]
- F. Williams ca. 1910
- Percy Hawkins ca. 1920
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[]
References[]
- ^ 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
- ^ Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
- ^ Hughie White, quoted in Once upon a line (Vol 4) Britton,A: Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
- ^ "County Bench". Isle of Wight Observer. England. 18 October 1879. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Obstructing a Central Railway Official". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 17 October 1896. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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Coordinates: 50°45′26″N 1°17′50″W / 50.7573°N 1.2973°W
- Disused railway stations on the Isle of Wight
- Former Isle of Wight Central Railway stations
- Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1862
- Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1966
- Beeching closures in England
- 1862 establishments in England
- South East England railway station stubs