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Ventnor railway station was the terminus of the Isle of Wight Railway line from Ryde.

Ventnor
Ventnor railway station in 1963
General information
LocationVentnor, Isle of Wight
England
PlatformsTwo
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Pre-groupingIsle of Wight Railway (1864 to 1923)
Post-groupingSouthern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1966)
Key dates
10 September 1866[1]Opened (Ventnor)
1923Renamed (Ventnor Town)
1953Renamed (Ventnor)
17 April 1966Closed
View towards the stops in 1954
View towards the stops in 1954
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.
A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight.

History


The station occupied a ledge 294 feet (90 m) above sea level which had been quarried into the hill side. The station was at the end of a 1,312 yards (1,200 m) long tunnel through St Boniface Down. A turntable was used to allow steam engines to runaround their trains.[2] In later years it was replaced by a three way switch.[3] The tracks merged just before the tunnel and the locomotives had to enter the tunnel during runround manoeuvres.

The station had a platform connected to the station buildings and a narrow island platform. There was only one track between the side platform and the island platform. When this track was occupied, an incoming train arrived at the outer face of the island platform and passengers had to pass through the train on the inner track. When this train then departed, a temporary bridge that was a ship's gangway, as used on the Portsmouth to Ryde ferries was manually pushed across the intervening track to allow passenger access to the train on the outside of the island platform. Further away from the station buildings were goods sidings which mainly served coal merchants who operated from caves in the chalk sides of the station cutting.

The station closed to all traffic in April 1966, when the line south of Shanklin fell victim to the Beeching Axe. The track was lifted by 1970 and the station subsequently demolished. The site is now an industrial park and Southern Water runs water pipes through the tunnel.

This station should not be confused with Ventnor West railway station.


Stationmasters


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   British Rail
Southern Region
IoWR : Main line
  Wroxall

See also



References


  1. Southern Region Record by R.H.Clark page 89
  2. Ventnor on Ordnance Survey 25 inch map showing turntable (1907)
  3. Ventnor on Ordnance Survey 25 inch map after removal of the turntable (1939)
  4. "Death of Station Master". Portsmouth Evening News. England. 13 May 1935. Retrieved 25 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. "New Stationmaster for Newport". Portsmouth Evening News. England. 28 December 1935. Retrieved 25 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "Promotion for Mainland Chief". Portsmouth Evening News. England. 28 December 1935. Retrieved 25 July 2021 via British Newspaper Archive.






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