Newport railway station (Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway)

For ten years it was the alternative terminus[1] of the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway.

[note 1] The station opened on 1 July 1913 after a conflict between the FYN and the Isle of Wight Central Railway,[2] and closed 10 years later on the creation of the Southern,[3] when Freshwater trains reverted to using Newport's main station.

During its inauspicious existence passengers had a short inconvenient walk between the two rival termini.

[5] William Oliver Bennett, the station master at Ningwood, was appointed in 1913 and stayed in post until 1924 when he transferred to Littleham.

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