Ryde St John's Road railway station

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 south of Ryde Pier Head—the Island Line's northern terminus. When the station opened in 1864, 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.

Depot and signalling

Adjacent to the railway station is Ryde depot: the Island Line's traction maintenance depot, where the maintenance and storage of the Island Line's Class 483 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, but there are currently no official proposals.

Services

During the day Monday&ndash;Saturday, two trains per hour operate between Ryde Pier Head in the north and Shanklin in the south. During evenings and on Sundays, the service on the Island Line is reduced to one train per hour in each direction.<!-- specifically needs these citations: poss. South West Trains paper timetable, or National Rail Enquiries timetable PDF with permalink -->

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