The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which runs along the island's east coast and links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin. Trains connect at Ryde Pier Head with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour,and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network via the Portsmouth Direct Line. The line also connects to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway,a heritage railway,at Smallbrook Junction. For much of its length the line runs alongside the A3055,criss-crossing this road by means of the Ryde Tunnel and bridges at Rowborough,Morton Common,Lake Hill and Littlestairs.
The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. The railway passes through 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) of countryside from Smallbrook Junction to Wootton station,passing through the small village of Havenstreet,where the line has a station,headquarters and a depot. At Smallbrook Junction,the steam railway connects with the Island Line.
The Isle of Wight Central Railway (IoWCR) was a railway company on the Isle of Wight,United Kingdom. It was formed in 1887 by the merging of three earlier railways,the Cowes and Newport Railway,the Ryde and Newport Railway and the Isle of Wight Railway,.
The Isle of Wight Railway was a railway company on the Isle of Wight,United Kingdom;it operated 14 miles of railway line between Ryde and Ventnor. It opened the first section of line from Ryde to Sandown in 1864,later extending to Ventnor in 1866. The Ryde station was at St Johns Road,some distance from the pier where the majority of travellers arrived. A tramway operated on the pier itself,and a street-running tramway later operated from the Pier to St Johns Road. It was not until 1880 that two mainland railways companies jointly extended the railway line to the Pier Head,and IoWR trains ran through,improving the journey arrangements.
Shanklin railway station is a Grade II listed railway station serving Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. It is the present terminus of the Island Line from Ryde,although the line used to continue to Wroxall and Ventnor. The station now has one platform with a ticket office and a small shop,the second platform is now in use as a flower bed. The former subway has been filled in.
Lake is a large village and civil parish located on Sandown Bay,on the Isle of Wight,England. It is six miles south-east of Newport situated between Sandown and Shanklin,and 1+1⁄2 miles (2.4 km) to the east of the hamlet of Apse Heath.
Lake railway station is a station on the Isle of Wight serving the village of Lake,situated in a quiet residential area not far from Lake Cliff Gardens and the beach at Sandown Bay. Until the construction of an interchange station with the Isle of Wight Steam Railway at Smallbrook Junction in 1991,this station was the newest on the island:it was opened by British Rail in 1987. The station is formed of a single platform with a shelter.
Brading railway station is a Grade II listed railway station serving Brading on the Isle of Wight,England. It is located on the Island Line from Ryde to Shanklin. Owing to its secluded countryside location,it is one of the quietest stations on the island.
Ryde St John's Road is a railway station on the Island Line,and serves the town of Ryde,Isle of Wight. The station is 1.25 mi (2 km) south of Ryde Pier Head—the Island Line's northern terminus.
Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier,it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth on the English mainland. Passengers can use this to connect with the rest of the National Rail network at Portsmouth Harbour station,which is adjacent to the Portsmouth terminal. Through rail tickets for travel via Pier Head station are available to and from other stations on the Isle of Wight. These include travel on the catamaran service to or from Portsmouth as appropriate.
Merstone is a hamlet on the Isle of Wight. It is home to Merston Manor,built in 1605 in the Jacobean style by Edward Cheeke,and rebuilt in the Victorian era. Merston Manor was first mentioned in the Domesday Book,and the present structure is arguably the oldest brick house on the Island. Prior to the Norman Conquest,Merston Manor was owned by the Brictuin family. The manor now belongs to the Crofts family. According to the Post Office the population of the hamlet was at the 2011 Census included in the civil parish of Arreton.
Island Line is a brand of South Western Railway which runs the 8.5-mile (13.7 km) Island Line on the Isle of Wight. A stand-alone franchise from 1996 until 2007,it then became part of the South Western franchise operated by South West Trains until August 2017 and since by South Western Railway.
Ryde Esplanade railway station serves the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight,and forms part of the Ryde Transport Interchange. Located on the sea front,it is the most convenient station for the majority of the town. Ryde Esplanade is also the location of the principal ticket office and all lost property facilities for the Island Line. The larger St John's Road station houses the area office and is next to Ryde Traincare Depot,where all in-house maintenance for the line takes place.
The Freshwater,Yarmouth and Newport Railway was a railway line on the Isle of Wight,United Kingdom,connecting Freshwater and Yarmouth to Newport. It was intended to connect the thinly populated west of the island,and it opened in 1889. At Newport it relied on the existing Isle of Wight Central Railway's station,but trains entering it had to shunt back from the junction. The IoWCR worked the line until 1913.
Freshwater railway station was the westerly terminus and largest station of the Freshwater,Yarmouth and Newport Railway,the platform being extended to accommodate the "Tourist Train",a non-stop service from Ventnor.
Yarmouth railway station,was an intermediate station of the Freshwater,Yarmouth and Newport Railway.
Calbourne and Shalfleet railway station,was an intermediate station of the Freshwater,Yarmouth and Newport Railway,incorporated in 1860,opened over a ten-month period between 1888 and 1889 and closed 65 years later. Situated between the two villages and serving a moderately populous rural area it was a "reasonably" successful station on an ultimately unprofitable line. Originally the station had a cottage style front but after absorption by the Southern a corrugated building from the acrimonious-split era was relocated to the site. The station itself,situated on the down side,has long been demolished and replaced with a modern bungalow;but the level-crossing keeper's cottage,a short distance away at Pounds Lane,is still visitable.
Carisbrooke Station was a railway station situated near the village of Carisbrooke,just outside Newport,Isle of Wight,off the south coast of England. It was an intermediate station on the Freshwater,Yarmouth and Newport Railway. It originally had 2 platforms but one platform was abandoned in 1927. It was a busy station for the nearby castle until the advent of the bus routes,but little used thereafter. Closed in 1953,its goods yard was by then derelict and overgrown. The station has long been demolished and the site is no longer clearly discernible within a school playing field amongst modern development.
There are several modes of Transport on the Isle of Wight,an island in the English Channel.
There once existed a 55+1⁄2-mile (89.3 km) network of railway lines on the Isle of Wight,which operated both as a self-contained railway network,and as links to ferry services between the island and the South coast of Great Britain. The routes were opened by several companies between 1862 and 1901 and modernised after The Grouping in the 1920s. Most of them were permanently closed between 1952 and 1966,whilst the 8+1⁄2-mile-long (13.7 km) Island Line was temporarily closed in 1966 and rebuilt for electric train services,introduced in 1967. Replacement trains were introduced in 1990,and again in 2021 along with a major renewal of the line. A further 5+1⁄2 miles (8.9 km) have reopened as a heritage line known as the Isle of Wight Steam Railway and there have been several proposals to expand the network further since the 1960s,either with conventional heavy rail or by conversion to light rail.
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