Cement Mills Halt railway station

Cement Mills Halt
The Cement Works the Halt served (now demolished)
General information
LocationInlet, River Medina, Isle of Wight
England
Coordinates50°43′20″N 1°17′16″W / 50.7223°N 1.2879°W / 50.7223; -1.2879
Grid referenceSZ503917
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingCowes and Newport Railway (1879-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
Poss 1879; def 1905Opened
21 February 1966Closed

Cement Mills Halt was a railway station between Cowes and Newport on the Isle of Wight. It was a public railway station throughout its life, although principally used by workers at the cement works in Stag Lane.[1] It was not included on public time tables[2] but was available to ramblers visible enough on the primitive gas-lit platform to stop the train "on request".[3] The trackway is now part of a national cycle route.[4]

  1. ^ Location on Street Map Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Catford, Nick. "Disused Stations: Cement Mills Halt". www.disused-stations.org.uk. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
  3. ^ Pomeroy, C, A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, ISBN 0-947971-62-9
  4. ^ Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997 ISBN 0-86093-537-X