Episode 2: Ryde to Newport Line | Disused Railways Of The Wight
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2025
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Episode 2 in a series of videos where we walk every disused railway line on the Isle of Wight, and visit every station.
In this episode, we explore the Ryde to Newport line & the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.
Special thanks to Owen at Whippingham Station.
All the music in this video is written & recorded for the programme itself by J.Singleton - copyright jacksingletonmusic
Queen Victoria portait. source: Wikipedia - public domain image.
-Queen Victoria carriage / Emily Merwood Photograph / Osborne House Image - sources: Wikipedia - Used under creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Archive Footage - Credit Unknown.
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Very good
Thank you for this trip down memory lane - quite literally as I spent my whole childhood from 1961 to 1979 living on Fairlee Road backing on to the old railway line. I can vaguely remember trains running behind our house but more importantly for all the children who lived nearby it was our playground - especially all the old waiting rooms and workers huts which are long gone.
I was a very young nipper in the early 60's living in Victoria Road but can remember trains going towards Newport into the Faielee tunnel.
At the age of eight In 1971 I was taken to Newport station by my old man to watch the last train laeve Newport!
Wow that is great! Fond memories I'm sure 😊👍
Brilliant. Thanks. jeff
Another super video, can't wait for my Isle of Wight adventure in May .well done!!👍
Thanks Iain. Hope you have a great time down here, it is a wonderful place 😊👍
At Wootton, the road between the original and current stations is still crossing the original bridge over the railway. It has been mostly infilled. However, there is still a void under the bridge. The void under the bridge is accessed by a series on manholes in the road so that the bridge can be periodically inspected.
Really that is fascinating! Will have to look into that & perhaps see if I can get hold of someone with permission to take a look. 🤔
Many thanks for the info. 👍
Thank you enjoyed this very informative especially about Queen Victoria 😃😃
@@richardburtt-smith7430 thank you! Glad you did 😊
Very enjoyable , thank you . I can't help thinking though that the official history of the railway is filled with absurdities . Too much happened in too short a time, as Stephenson's Rocket exhibited in 1830 . and within a few short years miles and miles of track bed and lines laid , traversing all kinds of terrain all over the country reaching even tiny villages , glorious stations , viaducts that can only be described s magnificent structures that would take decades to build even today .But this was supposedly achieved by horse and cart technology and hard working men . Something doesn't add up.
Thank you very much! Yes them navvies certainly were incredible workers, can not imagine how much man labour was put in to building the embankments and tunnels 🙌
Thanks to Owen for explaining link to Victoria!
When my kid was about 2 they walked into the show at Haven Street - stopped - pointed then went into a rant about the F**ing troll ...
I went red with embarrassment until I realised they were trying to say The Fat Controller!!
I pretended like I knew this.
Really enjoying your series and channel. Keep having fun on your explorations. Have you made any videos on best pint or takeaway - get some local sponsors!! The Birdham in Bembridge had some elevated food (the tables were a bit high)
Great story! Love it 🙂 glad you enjoyed the series, many thanks 👍
Well done guys great to watch...
Thank you Sir 🙂
Great video, I love this sort of thing. ❤️
Thank you! Next Episode will be out soon 👍
Lovely video and so well presented.
Thank you! And thanks for watching 😊
The tunnel at10:15 is just down from were I lived use to walk through there to go to work every day
great job
Loving these videos.
Glad to hear it Tom! Cheers 🙂
I've visited the Island every year at least once a year for the past 20 years and always wanted to walk these routes but the kids have never been that keen for some reason !
They are wonderful walks! Maybe in the future with a bit of persuasion 🙂
Between the Islandline and steam railway platforms you can still see the foundations of the junction signal box at Smallbrook. At Wootton the bridge was buried under the road and still exists. It was buried when the road was widened. The station masters house still exists at Wootton. It was built above the station on top of the embankment.
Thank you for the info will have to pay Wootton a visit again soon soon👍
great stuff,looking forward to next one.
Thank you Graham 🙂
Great Video. We visited the Isle of Wight Steam Railway yesterday even my wife enjoyed it. We look forward to the next episode
Thank you! Yes it is a wonderful place and one of our favourite places to visit. Always fascinating 🙂
I love this so much ❤️I’ve learnt more watching these vids than my whole school years put together 😂
Love you Sis! ❤
Enjoing your videos so far, can't wait to see more. I've been following along with the video on google maps! Seems inexplicable to me that there is no line to newport now, it would certainly solve a few traffic issues I'm sure. However it has meant we got the fabulous steam railway I suppose.
Hello Matt! Thanks for the kind words! Yes it is amazing that that at least one line into Newport wasn't retained. Baffling really 🙌
magic folks been there many times b4 i went to New Zealand in 1987 rode the railway in 2012 when i went back home
Thank you Peter. I bet you have some fab railways over there! 🙌🙂
@@WightWanderer we certainly do folks but not many of them in this country hope you get here one day and do the alpine express from Christchurch to Greymouth
Very good and informative video and well presented. I’m looking forward to the next episodes.
Thank you! Very kind 🙂🙏
Absolutely fascinating and well presented content! Have not visited the Isle of Wight since 2005, however this has indeed inspired plans for a return very soon! Thank you!
Wonderful news! It is stunning here. Thank you for the kind words 🙂👍
Only a few days ago, the traffic was backed up on the Fairlee road - it often is, but this time all the way to the roundabout and even Lushington hill. I know Station road in Wootton was closed but even so, I thought what a mistake it was to close down this line. Surely it would be worth the cost of purchasing the property built on since 1967 to reinstate it?
It is a vast shame, unfortunately the new government aren't looking into it so far. Maybe later down the line, hopefully 🙏👍
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Arent both Sandringham and Balmoral both Royal Private Stations. Sorry if im wrong.
What camera are you using for the filming ??
Samsung Galaxy S10 phone. Not quite well off enough to afford a decent proper cam yet 😅👍
If I just wanted to walk it , could I get the bus to the wooton steam train entrance, then walk along the footpath to Newport?
I get very anxious about getting lost and not having a clue what I'm doing so any advice would be great 😊
Yes you can! As far as the overbridge near the post office museum at Fairlee 🙂
I'm told there is a bit of the viaduct? down in the grass between the area where Halfords is and the road? I thinks it's by the traffic lights.
I think there is, but it is part of the bridge over Hunnyhill which carried the Freshwater branch, which is on the 'to do' list 🙂
If you stand by the dual carriageway flyover at the Medina, the brick pillars are set in the embankment. They can be seen from the car park side of the road. At low tide you can also just make out the base of the central brick pillar in the middle of the river (close to Quay Arts)
When a teen ager late 60s early 70s the railway line still went over the River Medina we use to walk over the arches up to Newport station and on to Cowes along the old line, and were I lived in Fairlee rd in early 2000s the houses were built over the old railway embankment up from the tunnel
Great video. Once you've done all the stations on the Isle of Wight, any chance you can do all of the stations in/near Eastbourne, East Sussex? 😂 Have subscribed to your channel!
We would love too! If we did though we would perhaps have to start a small gofundme or something simular, as the ferry prices off the island are through the roof 👍
You should have knocked on the door at the Postal Museum. The biggest private collection in the country.
We definetly will be heading back there looks very interesting 🙂👍