| Re: Isle of Wight - first closures 70 years ago Posted by grahame at 11:33, 20th September 2025 |     |
Smallbrook Junction Haven Street extended to Newport, Freshwater and Yarmouth would make a wonderful leisure line. Do quite a bit for the towns served and the people who live there all year too?? Lost in a different era but one has to wonder about how things might have turned out. The Isle of Wight, with the absence of drive-through connections from mainland England, has a somewhat different metric to most places.
| Re: Isle of Wight - first closures 70 years ago Posted by CyclingSid at 06:57, 21st September 2023 | |
At least some of the routes are now walking and cycling trails, although I am sure more former routes could be added.
Did West Cowes, Newport, Sandown, Shanklin and Wroxall last Saturday, a most enjoyable trip.
| Isle of Wight - first closures 70 years ago Posted by grahame at 06:04, 21st September 2023 | |
From yesterday's Island Echo
The railway lines between Brading – Bembridge and Newport – Freshwater saw their final passenger trains depart on Sunday 20th September 1953 – 70 years ago today
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