Place Alverstone Grid reference SZ577856 Platforms in use 1 | Area Isle of Wight 1 February 1875 Opened | |
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Pre-grouping Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway (1868-inc;1875-1887)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (1887 to 1923) Post-grouping Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to 1956) Similar Shide railway station, Godshill railway station, Horringford railway station, Whitwell Halt railway st, Blackwater (Isle of Wight) rai | ||
Alverstone railway station, was an intermediate station situated on the edge of Alverstone garden village on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.
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History
Served by the line from Newport to Sandown the station was incorporated by the Isle of Wight (Newport Junction) Railway in 1868 opened in 1875. Absorbed by the Isle of Wight Central Railway, it became part of the Southern Railway during the Grouping of 1923. Passing on to the Southern Region of British Railways on nationalisation in 1948, it was then closed 81 years after opening by the British Transport Commission.
During a Second World War blackout a train ran through Alverstone and a railwayman had to escort the passengers back to there from Newchurch.
The site today
The station house is now a private residence.