Carisbrooke Station was an intermediate station on the Freshwater, Yarmouth and Newport Railway ,situated near the village of Carisbrooke just outside Newport

Newport, Isle of Wight

Newport is a civil parish and a county town of the Isle of Wight, an island off the south coast of England. Newport has a population of 23,957 according to the 2001 census...

. It was a busy station for the nearby castle

Carisbrooke Castle

Carisbrooke Castle is a historic motte-and-bailey castle located in the village of Carisbrooke, near Newport, Isle of Wight, England. Charles I was imprisoned at the castle in the months prior to his trial.-Early history:...

 until the advent of the bus routes, but little used thereafter. Closed in 1953 its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown(its only recent use having been by prisoners during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 ). The station has long been demolished and the site barely discernible within a school playing field.

External links

• History of FYNR