Newport Pan Lane railway station explained

Newport Pan Lane railway station should not be confused with Pans Lane Halt railway station.

Pan Estate
Status:Disused
Borough:Newport, Isle of Wight
Country:England
Grid Name:Grid reference
Platforms:1
Original:Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway
Years:11 August 1875
Events:Opened (unofficial)
Years1:6 October 1875
Events1:Opened (Official)
Years2:1 June 1879
Events2:Closed

Newport Pan Lane railway station, was, for four years, the temporary terminus [1] of the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway incorporated in 1868.[2] Opened on 11 August 1875[3] and closed 4 years later [4] on 1 June 1879 when the line was extended northwards to link with the new Newport Station (and thus the "Ryde and Newport Railway"). Any trace of the station has long since gone[5] and today the nearest landmark is an alleyway leading from the residential road called "Furlongs".[6]

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50.6969°N -1.2886°W

Notes and References

  1. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993,
  2. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994
  3. but without Board of Trade approval, and ordered to close again; eventually reopening, with authority, on 6 October 1875 http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/n/newport_pan_lane/index.shtml
  4. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988
  5. Gammell,C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Gammell,C.J Oxford, OPC, 1997
  6. http://www.streetmap.co.uk/newmap.srf?x=450335&y=88915&z=0&sv=SZ50338891&st=5&mapp=newmap.srf&searchp=newsearch.srf Streetmap arrow pointing to estimated position