Merstone | |
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.jpg) Remains of Merstone Station[1] | |
| General information | |
| Location | Merstone, Isle of Wight England |
| Grid reference | SZ526845 |
| Platforms | 2 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868Inc);1875-1887) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)/ Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway (1897-1913) Isle of Wight Central Railway (1913 to 1923) |
| Post-grouping | Southern Railway (1923 to 1948) Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956) |
| Key dates | |
| 1 February 1875 | Opened |
| June 1897 | resited other side of the level crossing |
| 6 February 1956 | Closed |
Merstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Merstone village[2] on the line from Newport to Sandown incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868[3]
- ^ A conservation group now maintains the site
- ^ Pomeroy, C,A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford,Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
- ^ Bennett,A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight" Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 ISBN 1-870754-31-X