Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight)

Yarmouth railway station, was an intermediate Subterranea Britannica's page on Yarmouth station - Nick Catford station of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

History It was incorporated in 1860,Bennett, A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later.Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 Situated on the outskirts of the town Pomeroy, C. A "Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, Maycock, R.J/Silsbury, R: The Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway: Usk, Oakwood, 2003 ) it was one of the more economically viable stationsBritton, A "Once upon a line (Vol 4)": Oxford, OPC, 1994 on a generally unprofitable line. Until the 1920s there was a lengthy passing loop and second (staggered) platform. The former station building was for a period used as a Youth Club. 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.Gammell C.J "Southern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997

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) Henry William Hodges 1911 - 1924 Charles Dennett 1924 - 1930 (formerly station master at St Lawrence and Ventnor West, afterwards station master at Gosport) A.W. Young ca. 1936 ca. 1937

Yarmouth railway station (Isle of Wight)

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