|
The Isle of Wight Railway was a railway company on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It operated 14 miles of railway line between Ryde and Ventnor. It opened the first portion of line, between Sandown and St Johns Road station in Ryde, in 1864 and was merged into the Southern Railway in 1923. The section between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin currently remains open. ==Routes== The Isle of Wight Railway Company (IWR) was incorporated by an Act of Parliament on 23 July 1860,〔Awdry says that the Company name was originally Isle of Wight (Eastern Section) Railway, changed to Isle of Wight Railway by Act of Parliament of 28 July 1863.〕 with authorised capital of £125,000 and borrowings of £41,600, to construct a line from St Johns Road station in Ryde to Ventnor.〔E F Carter, ''An Historical Geography of the Railways of the British Isles'', Cassell, London, 1959〕〔Bradshaw's Railway Manual Shareholders' Guide and Directory. (1869). p.148〕 The line opened from Ryde to Sandown on 23 August 1864, the second railway company to begin operations on the island. The section from Sandown to Ventnor was delayed due to objection from the landowner, the Earl of Yarborough, who forced a diversion through Boniface Down Tunnel; the extension to Ventnor opened on 10 September 1866.〔〔 An additional branch line from Brading to Bembridge was opened on 27 May 1882. This branch followed the River Yar as far as the village of St Helens. From here it went along the harbour causeway to its final stop in Bembridge. Because of lack of space at the station at Bembridge a small turntable was used as a sector plate instead of points to allow locomotives to get access to the run-round loop.〔Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith, ''Isle of Wight Lines: 50 Years of Change'', Middleton Press, Midhurst, 1998, ISBN 1 901706 12 5〕 A similar system was used briefly at Shanklin when it was the terminus, and then for many years at Ventnor after the main line was extended. When complete, the IWR's network had a total length of south of Ryde (St John's) station. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Isle of Wight Railway」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
|