Newport FYN | |
Status: | Disused |
Borough: | Isle of Wight |
Country: | England |
Coordinates: | 50.7032°N -1.2942°W |
Grid Name: | Grid reference |
Platforms: | 1 |
Pregroup: | Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway1888-1923 |
Postgroup: | Southern Railway |
Years: | 1 July 1913 |
Events: | Opened |
Years1: | 1 August 1923 |
Events1: | Closed |
Newport FYN railway station was a railway station at Newport, Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. For ten years it was the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.[2]
The station opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[3] and closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[4] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station. During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.[5] Any trace of the station has long since gone.[6]
William Oliver Bennett, the station master at Ningwood, was appointed in 1913 and stayed in post until 1924 when he transferred to Littleham.[7]