Ryde St John's Road is a railway station on the Island Line, and serves the town of

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. The station is south of Ryde Pier Head—the Island Line's northern terminus.

History

When the station opened in 1864, it was known as ''Ryde railway station'', as it was the northern terminus of the

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at the time. Rather than a railway, a tramway continued northwards to where the current

Ryde Pier Head railway station Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Ports ...

stands; the railway was extended to

Ryde Pier 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 E ...

in 1880.

Depot and signalling

Adjacent to the railway station is Ryde Traincare Depot: the Island Line's

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, where the maintenance and storage of the Island Line's Class 484 trains takes place. Since 1989, signalling for the Island Line has been centralised to the station's signal box.

Future developments

It has been suggested that the

Isle of Wight Steam Railway The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. The railway passes through of countryside from to station, passing through the small village of Havenstreet, where the line has a station, headquarters and a depo ...

might be extended from Smallbrook Junction to Ryde St John's Road in the future, but there are currently no ''official'' proposals.

Services

All services at Ryde St John's Road are operated by Island Line using

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. The typical off-peak service in trains per hour is: * 2 tph to * 2 tph to These services call at all stations, except , which is served only during operating dates for the

Gallery

File:RydeSJR-fromfootbridge.jpg, Viewed from the footbridge, looking at platforms 2 and 3, along with the depot building File:Signal Box, Ryde St Johns Road Station - geograph.org.uk - 531544.jpg, Looking south from the station's old footbridge; the Island Line's signalbox is visible on the right File:St John's Road Station, Ryde - geograph.org.uk - 836077.jpg, Platform 1, looking towards Ryde tunnel and the northern terminus of the line: Ryde Pier Head File:Ryde St. John's Road Railway station 1971.jpg, Ryde St John's Road station in 1971 File:Ryde St John's Road Locomotive Shed geograph-2662973-by-Ben-Brooksbank.jpg, Ex-LSW 0-4-4T outside St John's Road Locomotive Shed in 1954

References

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