title: Godshill railway station
text: # 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
  