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Shide (Isle of Wight) railway station
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Shide railway station, was an intermediate station at Shide
on the southern fringes of Newport
situated near Shide Chalk Pits on the line from Newport to Sandown
incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later . A sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for the Island
’s cement
industry, it was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War
. The station was built over and the site is now occupied by
a warehouse.
Shide, Isle of Wight
Shide is a small settlement on the Isle of Wight, some of which is considered to be in the Newport conurbation. Shide Hill House which is the white house near the top of St. George's Lane was the retirement home of Professor John Milne , inventor of the horizontal pendulum seismograph after he...
on the southern fringes of 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...
situated near Shide Chalk Pits on the line from Newport to Sandown
Sandown
Sandown is a seaside resort town and civil parish on the southeast coast of the Isle of Wight, England, neighbouring the town of Shanklin to the south. Sandown Bay is the name of the bay off the English Channel which both towns share, and it is notable for its long stretch of easily accessible...
incorporated by the Isle of Wight and Newport Junction Railway in 1868 , opened in 1875 and closed 81 years later . A sparsely used station whose main purpose was to transport raw materials needed for the Island
Isle of Wight
The Isle of Wight is a county and the largest island of England, located in the English Channel, on average about 2–4 miles off the south coast of the county of Hampshire, separated from the mainland by a strait called the Solent...
’s cement
Cement
In the most general sense of the word, a cement is a binder, a substance that sets and hardens independently, and can bind other materials together. The word "cement" traces to the Romans, who used the term opus caementicium to describe masonry resembling modern concrete that was made from crushed...
industry, it was doomed when production ceased during the Second World War
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 was built over and the site is now occupied by
a warehouse.