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Blackwater
The old station house in 2018
General information
Location	Blackwater, Isle of Wight England
Coordinates	50°40′29″N 1°17′05″W / 50.6746°N 1.2847°W / 50.6746; -1.2847
Grid reference	SZ507864
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
Pre-grouping	Isle of Wight Central Railway
Post-grouping	Southern Railway Southern Region of British Railways
Key dates
1 February 1875	Opened
6 February 1956	Closed

Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.

History

Located in the centre of the island on the A3020 road, it was an intermediate station on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was originally operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868). The station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956. A rural station whose "heyday was before the advent of the motor car", during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards. The station survives as an enlarged private house known as Brambles. The old railway track is now a cycle track, though this diverges slightly from the course of the old railway around the station building itself.

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Pomeroy, C. A. (1993). Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford, Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
2. Hammond, R. J. W. (Ed.) (1969). Ward Lock Guide to the Isle of Wight. Ward Lock. ISBN 0-7063-1082-9.
3. Bennett, A. (1994). Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Runpast. ISBN 187075431X.
4. Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight. Midhurst, Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
5. Britton, A. (1994). Once Upon a Line(Vol 4). Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-513-2.
6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways Remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
7. Gammell, C. J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.

External links

• Blackwater station on navigable 1946 O. S. map
• Subterranea Britannica's page on Blackwater

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