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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.
Ryde Pier is an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England.It is the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier. [1] [2] Ryde Pier Head railway station is at the sea end of the pier, and Ryde Esplanade railway station at the land end, both served by Island Line trains.
The Island Line Trains service runs from Ryde Pier Head via Ryde Esplanade to Shanklin, a distance of 8.5 miles (14 km). Ryde St John's Road railway station lies further south in the town. The bus interchange lies between Ryde Pier and the Hover Terminal on the Esplanade. Ryde is the second busiest stop in the Southern Vectis network after ...
John Henry Astridge 1880 - 1884 [10] (also station master of Ryde Esplanade) James Langworthy 1884 - 1894 [11] (also station master of Ryde Esplanade) William Percy Froud 1895 - 1905 [12] (afterwards station master at Portsmouth Town and Portsmouth Harbour) T.J.D. Russell 1905 - 1906 [13] George Henry French 1906 - 1930 (also station master at ...
Seaview Chain Pier was built in 1881 at Seaview, near Ryde on the Isle of Wight. The pier was designed by Frank Caws. Construction was from September 1879. The pier was opened in 1881 with finishing work completed in 1882. [1] It was 1,000 foot (300 m) long and had a width of 15 foot (4.6 m). [1]
Seaview is a small Edwardian resort located on the north-eastern corner of the Isle of Wight, overlooking the Solent.The village is popular with tourists and is 2 + 1 ⁄ 3 miles (3.8 km) from the town of Ryde, where most tourists reach the island by ferry or hovercraft.
Ryde Inshore Rescue Service is located at Appley Lane, in the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. [1] [2] A double drowning incident at the end of Ryde Pier in 1956 prompted the reformation of a rescue organisation to serve the town. Ryde Inshore Rescue is an independent lifeboat station within the United Kingdom.
When the station opened in 1864, [1] it was known as Ryde railway station, as it was the northern terminus of the Isle of Wight Railway at the time. Rather than a railway, a tramway continued northwards to where the current Ryde Pier Head railway station stands; the railway was extended to Ryde Pier in 1880.