Havenstreet is a stop on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway between
Wootton and
Ashey.
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| 41928 stands at the station |
| Information |
| Type: |
Preserved Railway
(Isle of Wight Steam Railway) |
| Opened: |
1875 (Closed 1966) |
| Re-Opened: |
1971 |
| Platforms: |
2 |
The station was opened by the Ryde & Newport Railway in 1875. It was later operated by the Isle of Wight Central Railway and Southern Railway (and British Railways of course).
The station, which was renamed Havenstreet in 1959 [1], was closed along with much of the once extensive Isle of Wight railway system in the late 1960s. The station was re-opened by the Isle of Wight Steam Railway who opened a stretch of line between Havenstreet and
Wootton in 1971. The station consists of an island platform, the main station building is accessed via a foot crossing.
Havenstreet is the headquarters of the preserved line with workshops (the first of which opened in 1980), a museum and a recently opened visitor centre (Train Story) at the station [2].
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| General view of the station, there is a foot crossing at the end of the island platform |
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| Number 11 arrives with a train bound for Smallbrook Junction |
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| D2059 stands in the yard |
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| 41298 departs |
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| Number 11 heads into the station |
[1] R.J Maycock & R. Silsbury, The Isle of Wight Railways from 1923 Onwards (Oakwood Press, 2006) p. 155
[2] Ibid p. 263
