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The Great Isle of Wight Train Robbery. London: The Railway Invigoration Society. OCLC 465874. Golden, Laurie (2011). Vectis Steam: The Last Years of Steam on the Isle of Wight. Hersham: Ian Allan. ISBN 978-0-7110-3642-0. Hay, Peter (1988). Steaming Through the Isle of Wight. Midhurst: Middleton Press. ISBN 978-0-906520-56-7. Jacobs, Mike (2010).
The Island Line is the one railway left on the island. It runs some 8½ miles from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin, down the eastern side of the island via Brading and Sandown.It was opened by the Isle of Wight Railway in 1864, and was nationalised in 1948, falling under the Southern Region of British Railways.
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.
Newport railway station was a pivotal station within the unique railway network on the Isle of Wight, [1] that began in 1862 when the Cowes and Newport Railway opened for business. Situated in the centre of the town, [ 2 ] the station was enlarged in 1875 with the opening of the Ryde and Newport Railway in December 1875, [ 3 ] which also ...
System map of the Isle of Wight Railway in 1900. The Isle of Wight Railway was a railway company on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; it operated 14 miles (23 kilometres) 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 ...
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.
Isle of Wight Railway; L. LB&SCR A1 class; LB&SCR E1 class; List of Isle of Wight Steam Railway locomotives and rolling stock; List of Isle of Wight-based O2 Class ...
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. Trains run down the eastern coast of the Isle of Wight to Shanklin (the Island Line), the last remnant of a network of railways on the island.