Ryde Pier Head railway station

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Services

As of May 2022, trains run to Shanklin hourly between 05:45 and 21:49, though on Monday to Friday, there are two two-hour gaps in service. A late evening train additionally calls at stations to St John's Road. Weekend services are hourly all day.

Wightlink passenger ferry services run every hour for most of the day, but are reduced to 2 hourly intervals in the late morning / early afternoons, with the last sailing from Ryde Pier Head at 20:52 daily.

Ryde Pier Head
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General information
Location Ryde, Isle of Wight, England
Grid reference SZ593935
Managed by Island Line
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeRYP
Classification DfT category E
History
Opened12 July 1880
Original company Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Pre-groupingPortsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-grouping Southern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1967Closed for electrification
20 March 1967Reopened
3 January 2021Closed for upgrade works
1 November 2021Reopened
6 September 2024Closed for maintenance and repair works
2 May 2025Reopened
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 0.181 million
 Interchange Decrease2.svg 0.126 million
Preceding station National Rail logo.svg National Rail Following station
Ryde Esplanade   Island Line
Ryde–Shanklin
 Terminus
BSicon BOOT.svg Ferry services
Terminus  Wightlink
high-speed catamaran
  Portsmouth Harbour

References

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