Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight) explained

Yarmouth (IOW)
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Yarmouth, Isle of Wight
Country:	England
Grid Name:	Grid reference
Platforms:	2 (until 1923) 1 (1923-53)
Pregroup:	Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway (1888-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923)
Postgroup:	Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1953)
Years:	10 September 1888
Events:	Opened (freight)
Years1:	20 July 1889
Events1:	Opened (passengers)
Years2:	21 September 1953
Events2:	Closed

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate ^[1] station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

History

It was incorporated in 1860,^[2] opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.^[3] Situated on the outskirts of the town ^{[4] [5]}) it was one of the more economically viable stations^[6] on a generally unprofitable line. Until the 1920s there was a lengthy passing loop and second (staggered) platform.^[7] The former station building was for a period used as a Youth Club,^[8] . The original station building has been extended by the addition to its north of a replica station building, and since 2022 has housed a restaurant. It is still very recognisable as a FYNR station.^{[9] [10]}

Stationmasters

• George William Ranger until ca. 1891 (afterwards station master at Cowes)
• Robert White ca. 1898 ca. 1909
• Henry George Spinks ca. 1910 - 1911 (injured during a shunting accident resulting in the amputation of his arm)^[11]
• Henry William Hodges 1911 - 1924^[12]
• Charles Dennett 1924 - 1930^[13] (formerly station master at St Lawrence and Ventnor West, afterwards station master at Gosport)
• A.W. Young ca. 1936 ca. 1937

See also

• List of closed railway stations in Britain

External links

• Yarmouth station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

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Notes and References

1. http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/y/yarmouth/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica's page on Yarmouth station
2. Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994
3. Hay,P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst,Middleton, 1988
4. Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993,
5. Maycock,R.J/Silsbury,R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003
6. Britton,A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994
7. Book: Paye, Peter . Isle of Wight Railways remembered . Oxford . OPC . 1984 . 0-86093-212-5 .
8. Web site: Youth Club Details. https://web.archive.org/web/20120206182809/http://eduwight.iow.gov.uk/student/youth_and_community/Part_Time_Youth_Clubs/. 6 February 2012. dead.
9. Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997
10. Web site: Yarmouth Station . disused-stations.org.uk . Disused Stations.
11. News: . An Island Accident . Portsmouth Evening News . England . 14 January 1911 . 26 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .
12. . 1873 . 1873-1924 Salaried Staff . London and South Western Railway . 485 . 27 July 2021.
13. News: . Gosport . West Sussex Gazette . England . 6 November 1930 . 26 July 2021 . British Newspaper Archive . subscription .