Shanklin Station
Introduction
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Shanklin Station
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 17 Jul 2013
Shanklin Railway Station is the present terminus of the Island Line from Ryde, (although the line used to continue to Wroxall and Ventnor). The Island Line operates between Ryde and Shanklin, serving Smallbrook Junction, Brading, Sandown and Lake intermediate stations. It has always been the Isle of Wight’s main line, even when the Island boasted a complex 53-mile rail network with 36 stations and halts. The first services between Ryde (St Johns) and Shanklin, with intermediate stations at Brading and Sandown, ran on 23 August 1864. Most of the island's rail network was closed in the 1950s and 1960s leaving just the line from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin. This line was electrified using the third-rail system and electric train services replaced the steam-hauled trains in 1967 along what became known as “the island line”.
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Image Location
Latitude
50.63373
Longitude
-1.179979
