Blackwater | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Blackwater, Isle of Wight |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.6746°N -1.2847°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Original: | Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway |
Pregroup: | Isle of Wight Central Railway |
Years: | 1 February 1875 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 6 February 1956 |
Events1: | Closed |
Blackwater railway station was a station at Blackwater, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.
Located in the centre of the island on the A3020 road,[1] it was an intermediate station[2] on the line from Newport to Sandown, which was originally operated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (incorporated 1868).[3] The station opened in 1875 and closed, along with the line itself, in 1956.[4] A rural station whose "heyday was before the advent of the motor car",[5] during the inter-war years it was known for its large collection of enamel advertising boards.[6] The station survives as an enlarged private house[7] 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.