Former Ashey Racecourse Railway Station

Former Ashey Racecourse Railway Station
Havenstreet, United Kingdom (GB)
Ashey Racecourse was a small station on Isle of Wight. The station opened in April 1884 and closed in 1929. The station was opened by the Ryde & Newport Railway and closed by British Railways (Southern Region).

The station was located on a small branch that lead to the nearby quarry. The station at Ashey Racecourse was located right next to the station and the small station served as a station for the spectators at the racecourse.

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What's left today:
Nothing remains of the station. The site has now become a field. No evidence of the small branch line or the actual acecourse remain.
Ashey Racecourse was a small station on Isle of Wight. The station opened in April 1884 and closed in 1929. The station was opened by the Ryde & Newport Railway and closed by British Railways (Southern Region).

The station was located on a small branch that lead to the nearby quarry. The station at Ashey Racecourse was located right next to the station and the small station served as a station for the spectators at the racecourse.

What's left today:
Nothing remains of the station. The site has now become a field. No evidence of the small branch line or the actual acecourse remain.
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Links: www.disused-stations.org.uk
By: Drudii

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Anonymous
@ 2022-05-26 07:05:41
There is, in fact, evidence of the line contrary to the above. There is a footpath leading from the existing Ashey Station to the road south of the line at the foot of Ashey Down. This footpath follows the route of the branch line to Ashey Chalkpit on which the racecourse station stood. If you walk it you will notice you are on a fairly prominent embankment rising a few feet from the rest of the field - this is the bed of the former railway line and the hedgerow follows a long sweeping curve which delineates it's route.

When you approach the road end of the path it deviates slightly from the old railway line but to your immediate right you will see the remains of a cutting and amongst the undergrowth is the sealed up old tunnel entrance which led under the road and into the Chalkpit on the other side. In the pit itself, there is no evidence of the other side of the tunnel, it seems to have collapsed, been removed, or it is buried.

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