Ryde St John's Road railway station
General information | |
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Location | Ryde, Isle of Wight England |
Grid reference | SZ596919 |
Managed by | South Western Railway |
Platforms | 3 |
Other information | |
Station code | RYR |
Classification | DfT category F2 |
History | |
Original company | Isle of Wight Railway |
Pre-grouping | Isle of Wight Railway |
Post-grouping | Southern Railway |
Key dates | |
23 August 1864 | Opened as Ryde |
5 April 1880 | Renamed Ryde St John's Road |
1 January 1967 | Closed for electrification |
20 March 1967 | Reopened |
3 January 2021 | Closed for upgrade works |
1 November 2021 | Reopened |
Passengers | |
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Notes | |
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road |
Ryde St John's Road is a railway station on the Island Line, and serves the town of Ryde, Isle of Wight. The station is 1.25 mi (2 km) south of Ryde Pier Head—the Island Line's northern terminus.
History
When the station opened in 1864,[1] it was known as Ryde railway station, as it was the northern terminus of the Isle of Wight Railway at the time. Rather than a railway, a tramway continued northwards to where the current Ryde Pier Head railway station stands; the railway was extended to Ryde Pier in 1880.
Stationmasters
- Mr. Wells until 1865
- Robert Edward Wright 1865[2] - 1868 (formerly station master at Shanklin)
- Mr. Hopgood until 1874[3]
- Charles Penty 1871 - 1874 (formerly station master at Shanklin)
- Mark Gregory 1874[4] - 1890 (afterwards station master at Sandown)
- Albert Shaw from 1890[5] (formerly station master at Sandown)
- Walter Daish ca. 1894 - 1908 (afterwards station master at Brading)
- Charles Herbert Colenutt 1908 - 1913[6] (afterwards station master at Shanklin)
- George Henry French 1913 - 1930 (also station master at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head)
- Malcolm J. Bucket 1930[7] - 1931 (formerly station master at Fratton, also station master at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head)
- H.E. Millichap ca. 1935 - 1941 (also station master at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head)
- T.F. Thompson 1941 - 1949[8] (also station master at Ryde Esplanade and Ryde Pier Head)
- T. Rowley Cliff ca. 1951
Depot and signalling
Adjacent to the railway station is Ryde Traincare Depot: the Island Line's traction maintenance depot, 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 might be extended from Smallbrook Junction to Ryde St John's Road in the future,[9][10] but there are currently no official proposals.
Services
As of May 2022, there are two trains in each direction per hour during the peak and one during the off-peak. Services call at all stations except Smallbrook Junction, which operates only during steam operating dates and times, and only one service an hour calls at Ryde Pier Head. In addition, two early morning services and one late evening service operate with Ryde only, the morning 06:05 departure to Ryde Espalande being the UK's shortest distance rail service.
Gallery
Platform 1, looking towards Ryde tunnel and the northern terminus of the line: Ryde Pier Head
References
- ^ "Ryde Pier celebrates 200TH Anniversary" (PDF). Ryde Social Heritage Group. July 2014. Retrieved 27 June 2017.
- ^ "Railway Appointment". Isle of Wight Observer. England. 24 June 1865. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "The Isle of Wight Railway". Hampshire Telegraph. England. 28 June 1871. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Recognition of service". Isle of Wight Observer. England. 28 November 1874. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "A Presentation". Isle of Wight Country Press and South of England Reports. England. 21 December 1889. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Mr. C. Colenutt Retiring". Portsmouth Evening News. England. 11 February 1937. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Railway Promotion". Hampshire Telegraph. England. 25 April 1930. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Three-Stations chief retires". Portsmouth Evening News. England. 23 September 1949. Retrieved 25 July 2021 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ "Is the future trams and steam trains into Ryde?". Island Echo. 5 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
- ^ "Steaming back to Ryde after 50 years? Rail.co.uk assesses the plan and gives its verdict". Rail.co.uk. 18 January 2015. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
External links
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- Train times and station information for Ryde St John's Road railway station from National Rail
Preceding station | ![]() |
Following station | ||
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Smallbrook Junction (steam operating days only) |
Island Line Ryde-Shanklin |
Ryde Esplanade | ||
Brading |
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