Merstone railway station

Merstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Merstone village^[2] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868^[3]

Merstone
Remains of Merstone Station[1]
General information
Location	Merstone, Isle of Wight England
Grid reference	SZ526845
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Pre-grouping	Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)/ Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway (1897-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Post-grouping	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956)
Key dates
1 February 1875	Opened
June 1897	resited other side of the level crossing
6 February 1956	Closed

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

History

It opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later.^[4] In 1897 a new line opened^[5] from Merstone to provide an alternative route to the south-east corner of the island, running initially to St Lawrence and in 1900 to Ventnor West station . Located in the heart of a farming community, Merstone was snowed under during the harsh winter of 1947.^[6] The station building was demolished after closure,^[7] although the platform is still existent. Merstone station is now an access point onto National Cycle Route 23

Stationmasters

• Martin Conlan ca. 1881
• H. Frank Williams until 1897 (formerly station master at Newport)
• Frederick Newland from 1897^[8]
• J. Cooper ca. 1908^[9]
• Fred Rowlands ca. 1910^[10]
• Fred Mew ca. 1915
• Mr. Wheway ca. 1935

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Horringford		British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		Blackwater
Godshill		British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Ventnor West branch		Terminus

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. A conservation group now maintains the site
2. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
3. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X
4. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight",: Midhurst,Middleton, 1988 ISBN 0-906520-56-8
5. Paye, Peter (1992). The Ventnor West Branch. Didcot: Wild Swan Publications. ISBN 1-874103-02-X.
6. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)" Oxford, OPC, 1994 ISBN 0-86093-513-2
7. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X
8. "Merston". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 25 September 1897. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "Railway Guard's Funeral". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 5 September 1908. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
10. "A Violent Reservist". Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter. England. 6 August 1910. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• Subterranea Britannica's page on Merstone

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