It was built at the behest of Sir John Barrington Simeon, M.P for Southampton,[2] in 1897, not included in timetables available to the general public until the creation of the Southern in 1923,[3] de-staffed in 1948 and closed in 1953.

You have only got four miles or so from the capital of the Island when you come across one of the tiniest, prettiest, and most attractive private railway stations in the whole of our country.

It is owned and was constructed by the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway by agreement with Sir John Stephen Harrington Simeon, who lives at the large house in the immediate neighbourhood of this station.

The duties at the station are so light and the receipts so small that it is not surprising to learn that its Stationmaster is a woman!

The trains stop for Sir John's family and visitors when required, being signalled by the Stationnmaster to do so.