Bembridge railway station

Bembridge was the terminus of the branch railway line that connected it to the main line at Brading on the Isle of Wight, England.Bennett, A "Southern Holiday Lines in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight": Cheltenham, Runpast 1994 On holiday Saturdays the sector table revolved continuously because the station area was too small to contain points.

History Opened in 1882, when the area contained the island's main port,Viv Hailes quoted in Britton, A "Once upon a line (Vol 4) : Oxford, OPC, 1994 it ran with ever-dwindling passengers until 1953.Hay, P "Steaming Through the Isle Of Wight": Midhurst, Middleton, 1988 The station is long since demolishedPomeroy, C,"Isle Of Wight Railways, Then and Now": Oxford, Past & Present Publishing, 1993, and a new development (Harbour Strand) in place.Gammell C.JSouthern Branch Lines": Oxford, OPC, 1997

Stationmasters

William Weeks 1881–1891 Harry Owen Bench Walter John Daish 1908– (formerly station master at Ryde St John's) Martin Stanley

See also List of closed railway stations in Britain

References

External links Bembridge on Subterranea Britannica Bembridge station on navigable 1946 O. S. map Bembridge on Ordnance Survey 25 inch map (1907)