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A bridge from mainland England to the Isle of Wight has been proposed a number of times, often due to the high cost of ferries to and from the island. The Isle of Wight Party—a political party active only in the Isle of Wight—was set up with the intention of campaigning for a fixed crossing.
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).
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 ...
Isle of Wight Central Railway: 1953 Whipton Bridge Halt: London and South Western Railway: 1923 Whissendine: Midland Railway: 1955 Whistlefield: North British Railway: 1964 Whitacre: Midland Railway: 1968 Whitbeck Crossing: Whitehaven and Furness Junction Railway: 1857 Whitburn: Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway: 1930 Whitburn Colliery
Closed View towards the stops in 1954 A 1914 Railway Clearing House map of lines around The Isle of Wight. Ventnor railway station was the terminus of the Isle of Wight Railway line from Ryde .
The station was opened in 1864 by the Isle of Wight Railway on their initial Ryde-Shanklin line. In 1882 it became a junction station, when the Brading-Bembridge branch line opened as part of the Brading Haven reclamation scheme. The branch line closed to passengers in 1953 and completely in 1957.
Isle of Wight Railway: 1953 Benderloch: CAL: 1966 Bengeworth: MR: 1953 Beningbrough: NER: 1958 Bensham: NER: 1954 Bentham Low "Little" North Western Railway 1853 Bentley GER: 1966 Bentley (West Midlands) MR: 1898 Bentley Church: Eastern Union Railway: 1853 Bentley Crossing Halt: West Riding and Grimsby Railway: 1943 approximate date Benton ...
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.