Godshill railway station
# Godshill railway station

Godshill station was at Godshill on the Isle of Wight on the Newport, Godshill & St Lawrence Railway, later the Isle of Wight Central Railway.

## History

It opened on 20 July 1897 as a single platform station with a small goods siding and this layout remained until closure. The station was reduced to the status of an unstaffed halt in 1927.

The station was not a financial success and never brought a large income to managers. There was some agricultural traffic, notably milk, and a few local passengers until the bus services became well established.

## Stationmasters

* William Froud ca. 1898 ca. 1901
* Harry Alfred Phillips ca. 1910 ca. 1911
* Frederick William Henry Stay 1917 - 1923

## Location

The station was surrounded by fields but at the same time ½ mile from the centre of the village. This is still the case today. The platform still stands and the station buildings have been converted into private dwellings.

| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station |
| - | - | - |
| Whitwell | British Railways Southern Region IoW CR : Ventnor West branch | Merstone |

## Other stations on the branch

The other stations on the Ventnor West branch were:

* Merstone (where the branch joined the Newport-Sandown line)
* Whitwell
* St. Lawrence (the original terminus of the line from 1897 to 1900)
* Ventnor West
