Havenstreet

Havenstreet is a stop on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway between Wootton and Ashey.
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].
General view of the station, there is a foot crossing at the end of the island platform

Number 11 arrives with a train bound for Smallbrook Junction

D2059 stands in the yard

41298 departs

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