Mill Hill railway station (Isle of Wight) explained

Mill Hill (Isle of Wight) railway station
Status:Disused
Borough:Southern suburbs of Cowes, Isle of Wight
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Pregroup:Cowes and Newport Railway (1862-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Postgroup:Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Years:1871
Events:Opened
Years1:21 February 1966
Events1:Closed

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

History

It opened in 1871[1] and was first seen as the down train from the main Cowes railway station emerged from the 208 yard tunnel along the curving platform,[2] the sweep still visible in 2005[3] on a small area of grass where the demolished station[4] once stood.[5] 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.[6]

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chance to open it,[7] although freight traffic continued to Medina Wharf for a few months after passenger trains were withdrawn.

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50.7573°N -1.2973°W

Notes and References

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 316
  2. Book: Pomeroy, C. A. . Isle of Wight Railways, Then and Now . Oxford . Past & Present Publishing . 1993 . 0-947971-62-9.
  3. Web site: Mill Hill . Disused Stations . Nick . Catford.
  4. Built in 1880 Book: Hay, P. . Steaming Through the Isle of Wight . Midhurst . Middleton . 1988 . 0-906520-56-8.
  5. Book: Gammell, C. J. . Southern Branch Lines . Oxford . OPC . 1997 . 0-86093-537-X.
  6. Book: Paye, Peter . Isle of Wight Railways remembered . Oxford . OPC . 1984 . 0-86093-212-5 .
  7. Hughie White, quoted in Book: Britton, A. . Once Upon a Line . 4 . Oxford . OPC . 1994 . 0-86093-513-2.
  8. News: . County Bench. Isle of Wight Observer . England . 18 October 1879 . 28 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
  9. News: . Obstructing a Central Railway Official . Isle of Wight County Press and South of England Reporter . England . 17 October 1896 . 28 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .