Godshill railway station

Infobox UK disused station
name = Godshill


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manager = Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway (1897-?)
Isle of Wight Central Railway (? to 1923)
owner = Southern Railway (1923 to 1948)
Southern Region of British Railways (1948 to ?)
locale = Godshill
borough = Isle of Wight
platforms = 1
years = 20 July 1897
events = Opened
years1 = 15 September 1952
events1 = Closed

Godshill station opened on 20 July 1897 at Godshill on the Isle of Wight on the Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway, later the Isle of Wight Central Railway. It opened as a single platform station with a small goods siding and this layout remained until closure. The station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in 1927.

The station was not a financial success and never brought a large income to managers. There was some agricultural traffic, notably milk, and a few local passengers until the bus services became well established.

Location

The station was surrounded by fields but at the same time ½ mile from the centre of the village. This is still the case today. The platform still stands and the station buildings have been converted into private dwellings.

Other stations on the branch

The other stations on the Ventnor West branch were:

* Merstone (where the branch joined the Newport-Sandown line)
* Whitwell
* St. Lawrence (the original terminus of the line from 1897 to 1900)
* Ventnor West

External links

* [http://www.npemap.org.uk/tiles/map.html#451,81,1 Godshill station on navigable 1946 O. S. map]
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/g/godshill/index.shtml Subterranea Britannica: SB-Sites: Godshill Station]