Island Line Trains - Ryde Esplanade To Ryde Pier Head - May 2018 | kittikoko
London Underground 1938 Stock, designated Class 483 by British Rail.
Island Line Train Cam - Ryde Pier Head To Shanklin - May 2018 | kittikoko
The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight, running 8 1⁄2 miles (13.7 km) from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin on the Island's east coast. The line was electrified (630 V DC third rail) in 1967.[1][2] Trains connect with passenger ferries to Portsmouth Harbour at Ryde Pier Head, and these ferries in turn connect with the rest of the National Rail network. The line also connects to the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, a steam-operated 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.
Island Line franchise (1996–2007)
Following the privatisation of British Rail, the rights to run services on the line were put out to tender as a franchise. Uniquely on the National Rail network, the franchise agreement also required the successful bidder to maintain the railway line in addition to the stations and trains. Stagecoach Group were announced as the winner of the franchise and from October 1996 they operated passenger services under the name Island Line Trains.
In 2002 a form of Automatic Train Protection was installed on the line. This involved the refitting of tripcocks on trains and the associated train stop trackside equipment at signals. This system is almost identical to the one originally fitted to the trains when in service on the London Underground, although it is in use only at signals protecting single-track sections of the route.[8]
The Department for Transport designated the line as a community railway in March 2006, under reforms to help boost use of rural and branch lines in the UK rail network.[9]
South West Trains franchise (2007 - 2017)
From February 2007 the Island Line franchise was merged with the South West Trains franchise on the mainland. Stagecoach was announced as the winner of the expanded franchise and operated Island Line as a South West Trains subsidiary, but with the branding retained.[10] However, the Island Line name has been retained, styled as Island Line Trains, promoted as a separate division on the South West Trains website.
Island Line Trains have also repainted stations in a heritage scheme of cream and green, as part of a general station improvement package.[11]
South Western Railway franchise (since 2017)
In August 2017, the franchise was taken over by South Western Railway who have maintained the brand name.
Due to the isolated and rural nature of the Isle of Wight's railways, rolling stock has tended to be made up from displaced older vehicles, rebuilt or modified as required. Following the work undertaken during the line's closure during the winter of 1966–67, the ceiling of Ryde Tunnel is 10 inches too low for standard National Rail vehicle types to clear.[5]
Since the reopening of the line in 1967, former London Underground Tube stock has been used. The initial trains were formed of so-called Standard Stock, made up into four and three-coach sets (with one spare vehicle, normally kept at Ryde depot), designated 4-VEC and 3-TIS in the British Rail Southern Region electric multiple unit classification system. (The classification letters were a pun on the Roman name for the island, Vectis, also reflected in the name of the island's nationalised bus company, Southern Vectis, which was once partially railway-owned.[18]) Under the British Railways TOPS rolling stock classification system (introduced in 1968 for locomotives and later extended to multiple unit vehicles), these units eventually became Class 485 and Class 486. The cars transferred to the island were built at various dates between 1923 and 1934, and thus maintained a somewhat unwelcome tradition of providing the island's railways with among the oldest rolling stock running anywhere on the British railway system. By 1992[19] these units had been replaced by newly refurbished London Underground 1938 Stock, designated Class 483 by British Rail. The stock is maintained at Ryde St John's Road depot.
Train Simulator 2016 - Route Learning: Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head (Class 483) // 60fps
In this next route learning video, we take a journey from Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head on the Island Line, Isle of Wight. Along the way we will be calling at Lake, Sandown, Brading, Ryde St. Johns Road, Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head.
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Ryde Pier Head Isle of Wight
A look along the Pier Head. The train and unused Tram line's
BR class 483 ride: Ryde St John's Road – Ryde Pier Head
A ride on a BR class 483 from Ryde St John's Road to Ryde Pier Head filmed on the 30/12/2019. For more videos and photos click .
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Ryde Esplanade In Winter - Closed Season - Isle Of Wight - 26th January 2019 | kittikoko
Ryde is an English seaside town and civil parish on the Isle of Wight, with a population of 32,072 at the 2011 Census. It lies on the north-east coast. The town grew in size as a seaside resort after the villages of Upper Ryde and Lower Ryde were merged in the 19th century. The influence of this era is still strongly visible in the town's central and seafront architecture.
As a resort, the town is noted for its expansive sands, which are revealed at low tide, making its pier necessary on the wide beach for a regular passenger ferry service. Ryde Pier is a listed structure, and the fourth longest pier in the United Kingdom, as well as the oldest.
Underneath Ryde Pier - Isle Of Wight - December 2019 | kittikoko
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. 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 pier was designed by John Kent of Southampton, and its foundation stone laid on 29 June 1813. The pier opened on 26 July 1814, with, as it still has, a timber-planked promenade. The structure was originally wholly timber, and measured 576 yards. By 1833, extensions took the overall length to 745 yards. It is this pre-Victorian structure that has, with some modifications, carried pedestrians and vehicles ever since.
A second 'tramway' pier was built next to the first, opening on 29 August 1864. Horse-drawn trams took passengers from the pier head to the esplanade. Before construction of the railway pier, the tramway continued to Ryde railway station at St John's Road. From 1886 to 1927 the trams were powered by electricity from a third rail, and from then until 1969 were petrol-powered.
On 12 July 1880 a third pier was opened, alongside the first two, providing a direct steam railway link to the pier-head. The railway was part of the Portsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway (a company owned jointly by the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway and London and South Western Railway), as far as Ryde St John's Road, to connect with their ship services to Portsmouth. However, trains were run by the independent Isle of Wight Railway and Isle of Wight Central Railway, who owned the tracks beyond St John's Road and operated services to Ventnor and Cowes via Newport respectively.
In 1895 a concert pavilion was constructed at the pier-head, and over the next sixteen years the original wooden piles were replaced with cast iron. It was at Ryde Pier that the Empress Eugénie landed from Sir John Burgoyne's yacht The Gazelle, after her flight from Paris in 1870.
The pier head was remodelled in the 1930s using concrete, and during the Second World War was used for military purposes, after various modifications.
The Concert Pavilion was at the centre of the narrative in Philip Norman's book, Babycham Night; the author's family ran this venue when it was known as the Seagull Ballroom in the 1950s, and his relatives produced the eponymous champagne perry. The pavilion was later demolished, but a few of the rotting piles are still visible around the edge of an extended car parking area constructed in 2010.
The tramway closed in 1969 and the structure was partially dismantled. This has left the disused and decaying tramway pier between the railway and promenade piers. The remaining structure has proved useful for temporary diversions, such as when a ship sliced through the promenade pier in 1974. In autumn 2010 the whole length was fitted with a temporary deck to provide a walkway, during re-building works on the Promenade Pier.
Ryde Pier was made a Grade II listed building in 1976. In the early 1980s a modern waiting area, including some of the original buildings, replaced the original Victorian waiting rooms at the pier-head. Further modifications were made in 2009, including provision of a conservatory-style refreshment area with views towards Ryde. In May 2011 the lighting columns on the Promenade Pier were fitted with Victorian-style brackets and lanterns.
class 483 ( 1938 stock) journey ryde pier head to ryde esplinade
class 483 on a journey from ryde pier head
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BR class 483 ride: Ryde Pier Head - Ryde Esplanade
A ride on a BR class 483 from Ryde Pier Head to Ryde Esplanade plus the departure from Ryde Esplanade filmed on the 30/12/2019. For more videos and photos click .
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Train leaving Ryde esplanade Isle Of Wight Ryde Pier
Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head IL class 483 1 August
Island Line class 483
South Western Railway - Island Line from Ryde Pier head to Ryde Esplanade, Isle of Wight
South Western Railway - Island Line from Ryde Pier head to Ryde Esplanade, Isle of Wight
Train Simulator 2015 - Route Learning: Isle of Wight - Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin (Class 483)
The first in a new series of route learning videos for the Isle of Wight route in Railworks/Train Simulator 2015. On this journey we will be driving from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin in a Class 483 train. Any comments, compliments or suggestions for improvements or future videos will be gladly received.
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Full Ride on Wightlink from Ryde Pier Head to Portsmouth Harbour
Name: HSC Wight Ryder II
Operator: Wightlink
Port: Portsmouth
Route: Ryde to Portsmouth
Builder: FBMA
Launched: 2009
In service: 29 September 2009
IMO Number: 9512537
Callsign: 2BWG5
Status: In Service
Ryde High Street Virtual Tour - Isle Of Wight - March 2019 | kittikoko
A slow wander down Ryde High Street and back up again, as requested by James Harris.
Train arrives at Ryde Esplanade BR Station Isle of Wight IOW England UK
Departed from Ryde Pierhead Station, destination Shanklin. 14.5.18
Also includes shot of hovercraft departing for Portsmouth
Class 483 Arrives At Ryde Esplanade For Ryde Pier Head
22/11/13 Class 483 Arrives At Ryde Esplanade For Ryde Pier Head. Sorry For Poor Quality Filmed On My Phone. (C) sussextrains 2013
The Island Line - Train from Ryde Pier Head
28th Dec 2012. Ex-London Underground units used on The Island Line, Isle of Wight, England. The train is approaching Ryde Station from Ryde Pier Head where it meets the ferry from the mainland. Incidentally, Ryde Station is where it meets the Hovercraft from Portsmouth.
Island Line Trains class 483 From Ryde Esplanade to Ryde Pier Head.
Island Line full length ride: Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head
A ride along the length of the Island Line from Shanklin to Ryde Pier Head on board a South Western Railway British Rail class 483, an 81 year old ex London Underground train converted from the pre war 1938 Stock. Definitely by far the bounciest train and train line I have ever ridden in my entire life. For more videos and photos click .
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