Isle of Wight Lines

50 years of change

by Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith

All 35 Island stations that were open in the steam era are illustrated herein, along with the typical trains of that period. Also featured are the changes that have occurred on the electric line during 30 years. The remarkable story of the recreation of a steam railway is portrayed in detail.

Book Details

Author: Vic Mitchell & Keith Smith
Series: Great Railway Eras
Publisher: Middleton Press Ltd
Published: 01 April 1998
Reprinted: 16 February 2019
ISBN: 9781901706123
Language: English

Format: Hardback
Dimensions: 240 x 174 mm
General: 96 pages
120 photographs
large scale maps
other details of local history

Stations & Locations

Stations		Photo
Ryde Pier Head		1-2,70-72
Ryde Esplanade		3-5,73-75
Ryde St.Johns Road		6-9,76-78
Smallbrook Junction		10,26,84,118-120
Brading		11-12,85-87
St.Helens		13
Bembridge		14-16
Sandown		17-18,63,88-92
Shanklin		19-21,94-95
Wroxall		22
Ventnor		23-25
Ashey		27,116-117
Haven Street		28-29,98-100,102-110
Wooton		30,97,111-114
Whippingham		31
Newport IOW		32-37,47,96
Cement Mills Halt		38
Medina Wharf		39-42
Mill Hill		43
Cowes		44-46
Carisbrooke		48
Watchingwell		49
Calbourne		50
Ningwood		51
Yarmouth		52-53
Freshwater		54-56
Shide		57
Blackwater		58
Merstone		59,64
Horringford		60
Newchurch		61
Alverstone		62
Godshill		65
Whitwell		66
St.Lawrence		67
Ventnor West		68-69
Ryde St.Johns Road Works		79-83
Lake		93
Portsmouth Broad Street		101