Medina Wharf | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Inlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight |
Country: | England |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Pregroup: | Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966) |
Years: | 1896 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 21 February 1966 |
Events1: | Closed |
Medina Wharf Railway Station was a private halt between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight that provided a way for workers at the nearby wharf to get to work before the road was laid. No shelter for its few passengers was ever provided[1] and it never appeared on a public timetable.[2] Additionally a non-passenger-carrying coal train transported coal from the siding via the halt to Ryde.[3] After the Southern Railway took over from the IWCR the whole complex was extensively rebuilt.
After the closure of the passenger station in 1966, freight traffic continued for about a year following which the track was lifted in the early 1970s.[4] The trackway is now part of NCN route 23.[5]