Category:Railways

Railways on the Isle of Wight

Opened:

• Cowes to Newport - 1862
• Ryde St Johns to Shanklin - 1864 - a horse drawn tram conveyed passengers from St Johns to Ryde Pier Head.
• Shanklin to Ventnor - 8 September 1866^[1]
• Ryde to Newport - 1875
• Sandown to Newport (Shide/Pan) - 1875
• Shide/Pan to Newport Central - 1879
• Ryde St Johns to Ryde Pier Head - 1880
• Brading to Bembridge - 1882
• Newport to Freshwater - 1889
• Merstone to St. Lawrence - 19 July 1897^[2] (extended to Ventnor West, 1900)

1921 - with the 1921 Railway Act, Southern Railways took over all the railways on the island.

1948 - with nationalisation of all UK railways, Southern Railways became part of British Railways.

Closed:

• Merstone to Ventnor West - 13 September 1952^[2]
• Brading to Bembridge - 20 September 1953^[3]
• Newport to Freshwater - 20 September 1953^[3]
• Newport to Sandown - 6 February 1956^[4]
• Ryde to Cowes - 20 February 1966^[5]
• Shanklin - Ventnor 17 April 1966^[1]