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Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
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.
General information
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
1871	Opened
21 February 1966	Closed

Mill Hill railway station is a disused station in Cowes on the Isle of Wight.

History

It opened in 1871 and was first seen as the down train from the main Cowes railway station emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform, the sweep still visible in 2005 on a small area of grass where the demolished station once stood. 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.

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one chance to open it, although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.

Stationmasters

• William Henry Strawn ca. 1879 ca. 1880 (afterwards station master at Haven Street)
• John William Gibbs ca. 1896
• F. Williams ca. 1910
• Percy Hawkins ca. 1920

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 316
2. Pomeroy, C. A. (1993). Isle of Wight Railways, Then and Now. Oxford: Past & Present Publishing. ISBN 0-947971-62-9.
3. Catford, Nick. "Mill Hill". Disused Stations.
4. Built in 1880 Hay, P. (1988). Steaming Through the Isle of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton. ISBN 0-906520-56-8.
5. Gammell, C. J. (1997). Southern Branch Lines. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-537-X.
6. Paye, Peter (1984). Isle of Wight Railways remembered. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-212-5.
7. Hughie White, quoted in Britton, A. (1994). Once Upon a Line. Vol. 4. Oxford: OPC. ISBN 0-86093-513-2.
8. "County Bench". Isle of Wight Observer. England. 18 October 1879. Retrieved 28 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
9. "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.

External links

• Pictures of Mill Hill

50°45′26″N 1°17′50″W / 50.7573°N 1.2973°W / 50.7573; -1.2973

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