Ashey railway station

Ashey railway station is a station serving the village of Ashey on the Isle of Wight in England. It was on the line which ran from Ryde to Newport. It was resited during the BR era because of subsidence at the original site, it was also described in some timetables as Ashey for Nunwell.

History

The station was opened by the Ryde and Newport Railway, which then amalgamated with other island railways to form the Isle of Wight Central Railway. Becoming part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923, the station passed to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948. It was then closed by the British Railways Board, but was reopened by the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, a heritage railway, in 1993.

Ashey Racecourse railway station

A branch ran from Ashey station to Ashey Quarry, and an additional station opened on this line by April 1884 to serve the adjacent race course. This station ceased operation around 1930.

Gallery

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
• Kichenside, G.M. (1967). Isle of Wight Album. Ian Allan Ltd. ISBN 0-7110-0621-0.

External links

• Ashey Station at Sub Brit
• Station on navigable 1946 O. S. map

1. Ashey
2. Havenstreet railway station
3. Smallbrook Junction railway station
4. Isle of Wight Central Railway
5. Isle of Wight Railway
6. Isle of Wight Steam Railway
7. List of closed railway stations in Britain: A
8. Railways on the Isle of Wight
9. Havenstreet
10. List of heritage railway stations in the United Kingdom
11. Elvington, Kent
12. Transport on the Isle of Wight
13. List of accidents and incidents involving military aircraft (1955–1959)
14. Craigneuk
15. List of places of worship on the Isle of Wight