Wootton Railway Station

About Wootton Railway Station

Wootton railway station is a heritage railway station on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the England. It opened in 1875, and was an intermediate stop on (successively) the Ryde and Newport Railway, Isle of Wight Central Railway, Southern Railway and British Railways. It closed on 21 September 1953. The line was re-opened as an extension to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 1971. A new station on a different site to the original was opened in 1987. The Railway received a grant from the LEADER project in November 2011 for a rebuild of Wootton station, which involved extending the platform, extending the headshunt to accommodate the Ivatt tank locomotives, build a replica of the original wooden station building that was at Havenstreet, install new toilets and construct the base for the signal box, which will be relocated to the platform.

Wootton Railway Station Description

Wootton railway station is a heritage railway station on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of the England. It opened in 1875, and was an intermediate stop on (successively) the Ryde and Newport Railway, Isle of Wight Central Railway, Southern Railway and British Railways. It closed on 21 September 1953. The line was re-opened as an extension to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway in 1971. A new station on a different site to the original was opened in 1987. The Railway received a grant from the LEADER project in November 2011 for a rebuild of Wootton station, which involved extending the platform, extending the headshunt to accommodate the Ivatt tank locomotives, build a replica of the original wooden station building that was at Havenstreet, install new toilets and construct the base for the signal box, which will be relocated to the platform.

More about Wootton Railway Station

Wootton Railway Station is located at Ryde, Portsmouth, United Kingdom
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