Every Station on the Isle of Wight!

[@SupremeLeaderKimJong-un]

I love the fact the pier has its own rail station to make the connection to the ferry much easier! And the line using former Tube stock makes it so unique! This reminds me of another small island rail line that uses a subway system's rolling stock that goes from one end of the island to another and connects with an important ferry, the Staten Island Railway in NYC! It goes between St. George on the North Shore and Tottenville on the South Shore of Staten Island for 14 miles, connecting with the Staten Island Ferry to South Ferry in Manhattan at St. George terminal which is also a bus hub. Its trains are timed to connect with the ferry, and the ferry has been free since 1997! When you transfer from the SIR to the ferry and enter a subway station when you arrive in Manhattan, it counts as a free transfer! It used to have two other branches, the North Shore Branch and the South Beach Branch, which both closed in the 1950s. The railroad was first incorporated in 1851 and was originally financed thanks to Cornelius Vanderbilt. The line was first completed between Stapleton and Tottenville in 1860, it wasn't extended to Tompkinsville until 1884, and finally St. George in 1886. Most of the former North Shore Branch stations opened in 1886 as well, while the South Beach Branch opened in 1888. Erastus Wiman organized the Staten Island Rapid Transit Company in 1880 and partnered with the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad to build a large rail and ferry terminal to centralize all the ferry landings. St George got its name from developer George Law, whom Erastus Wiman promised to "canonize" in exchange for relinquishing the land rights for the terminal. The reason the SIR is electrified is because the SIRT did so under the B&O in anticipation of a tunnel to Brooklyn that would connect with the NYC Subway. This tunnel between SI and Brooklyn was never completed, it was only constructed between 1923 and 1925, and lies dormant under Owl's Head Park in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. This ambition to connect the NYC Subway directly with SI is why Bay Ridge has subway stations, served by the R! In 1889, construction began on the Baltimore and New York Railway between Arthur Kill and the Jersey Central at Cranford, thus passenger trains used to go to New Jersey from Staten Island using the North Shore Branch. Today, CSX freight trains do so. The North Shore Branch closed in 1953 (South Beach Branch also closed that same year) but in 1957, Elizabeth II used the North Shore Branch as part of her journey from DC to NYC and took the Staten Island Ferry! Between 1925 and 1973, the SIRT used ME-1s made exclusively for it, though they were also used on the NYC Subway as the NYCTA (now both are under the MTA) bought 25 of them from Staten Island. In 1973, these were replaced with modified R44s built by the former St. Louis Car Company. The R44 operated on the NYC Subway from 1971 to 2010, but the SIRT has used them up until the 2020s when they're finally replaced by the R211S.

[@Jonsku124Transit]

Hello supreme leader! 🫡

[@tornadofairy5376]

All very well, but the two timetables (Fastcat ferry and train) don't match up! The ferry link used to be part of British Rail, but then privatisation happened...

[@benjaymin2916]

Hi Nick! I was on the IoW when you filmed this (in fact that's me at 5:11 in the pink hoodie and the messy hair) and I met you at Sandown! Brilliant little line the Island Line, very much enjoyed riding it when I was there, although like you I am sad I didn't get to ride the old tube trains. Cracking video as always, Nick.

[@NickBadley]

@benjaymin2916 Ah it's you! Hope you enjoyed your visit!

[@Trainsaregreat365]

may how are you

[@tonycook603]

Great to see you guys in my area, shame I didn’t know you were here. I live about 100 yards from Ryde Esplanade. The Island line is unique but is beset with problems mostly concerning the pier. You are correct that the height restriction in the tunnel is the reason for using old tube stock. The 38 stock was crazy to ride, it was like a fairground ride. The “new” ex District Line stock is so smooth in comparison. Last year the line was out of action for weeks when Ryde tunnel was flooded, and I mean proper flooded. The water was almost at the top of the tunnel roof. Smallbrook Junction is only used when the steam railway is running. There is no access out to the road. Hope you enjoyed the Island.

[@benjaymin2916]

@@tonycook603 I'm from London, so even the 484s seem familiar in the fact they bounce around a lot (needless to say I have spent a lot of time on the Metropolitan Line), although one thing I did note was the very loud doors on the new Island Line trains! Interesting to find out about the tunnel restrictions, didn't know that's why old tube stock was used, as well as Smallbrook Junction being closed for most of the year, it's cool to think I visited when it was open. I absolutely loved your island, I spent my nights at St Catherine's Lighthouse if you know where that is, stunning location, you have an absolutely beautiful island!

[@AverytheCubanAmerican]

There are other stations around the world that also don't have any exits/entrances! Like the eBART section of BART's Yellow Line in the Bay Area of California! The e in eBART stands for "East Contra Costa County", and it acts as an extension for Yellow Line riders. The Yellow Line, like the rest of BART, is 5 ft 6 in gauge (used on the Indian subcontinent) that's electrified with third-rail, except for the eBART section that is a diesel light-rail running on standard-gauge. To connect to eBART, riders get off at a special platform for cross-platform transfers just east of Pittsburg/Bay Point station. Meaning the electric Yellow Line train first drops off passengers at the electric-only Pittsburg/Bay Point for those not transferring, before continuing .6 miles east to the eBART platform without exits/entrances. There's a station in Japan called Seiryu Miharashi-eki (for those who don't know: it translates to "Clear Stream Viewing Platform Station") that opened in 2019 and the platform simply exists to admire the views! Not every train on the Nishikigawa Seiryū Line stops there as it's only special trains that do. In County Mayo, Ireland, Manulla Junction station also acts only as a transfer station without exists/entrances, it's only for passengers travelling to or from Foxford or Ballina on the Commuter service, who transfer to or from Dublin-Westport trains on the InterCity service. The station actually originally opened in 1868 with entrances! Their original signal cabin was destroyed during the Irish Civil War! The station closed their entrances/exits in 1963. A famous example is the former Manhattan Transfer station in New Jersey. The background for it is the corridor between Philly and NYC wasn't always electrified. And before 1910, no railroad that crossed NJ went to NYC, they opted to build their terminals on the NJ waterfront. The Pennsylvania RR built theirs at Exchange Place. But in November 1910, they opened the New York Tunnel Extension, a line that ran through a pair of tunnels under the Hudson River to New York Penn Station. This new line branched off the original line two miles east of Newark, then ran northeast across the Meadowlands to the tunnels. Just west of the split, the PRR built the Manhattan Transfer station. Passenger trains bound for New York Penn paused there so that their steam locomotives could be replaced by electric locomotives that could run through the tunnel under the river. The station also allowed passengers to change trains, which riders on the main line could transfer to local trains to Exchange Place. The H&M, the precursor to the PATH, started operating to Newark in 1911, with a stop at Manhattan Transfer. The station closed in 1937, so what happened? The PRR chose to electrify to Philadelphia, making the need to switch locomotives obsolete, and the PRR and Newark government chose to build Newark Penn Station. Manhattan Transfer was so famous, it became the name of an acclaimed novel in 1925 by John Dos Passos, and in turn a 1969 jazz vocal group named themselves Manhattan Transfer after the novel!

[@ChilledGamerUK]

I was there just last week, went for a train drivers interview, sadly didn't get the job. I would recommend going back to Brading during the summer, it's a hidden gem. The station has a community cafe, a railway museum and tours of the old signal box. Not sure if it survived lock down but about a 15 minute walk away is a chocolate cafe. As for Smallbrook Jnc, if you miss the last island line train, you need to call SWR customer service team and the next train will stop there. It happens about twice a year during special IOWSR events. A help point is being installed alongside RTI screens. There is a footpath for emergency evacuation going up to Smallbrook Lane but it's never been used. Loved the video, keep it up! ❤

[@MalachieParsonsDJ]

Sadly I don't think the cafe survived.

[@RossParker1877]

Did Nick and Nat get a Ticket to Ryde?

[@NickBadley]

Grrrr 😂

[@MrTransportAddict]

Boo! 😂

[@qtrainprod]

That double meaning was smooth

[@mcollier4566]

They probably got a Day Ranger from Shanklin…

[@josephkarl2061]

He was a Day Tripper 😅

[@wentonmastermind]

Thank you both for this reminder of the enchanting Isle of Wight Railway. In 1993, I was living in Bournemouth and took the mainline to Brockenhurst to take the branch line to Lymington Pier. From there I went by bus to Shanklin, by the train to Ryde Pier Head and then to Smallbrook Junction for the steam train, meeting someone who had worked on the line in 1923! I then did the whole lot in reverse to get back to Bournemouth. A lovely day all round. What a shame that the other lines on the island were shut. Even leaving Ventnor open would have made a difference.

[@SebastianBari-h2q]

Maybe I will get the DLC in TSW

[@Sim0nTrains]

I've only been there once but it is a beautiful Island. Do need to head back as I haven't visited Smallbrook Junction yet, great video

[@Thornaby37]

The first time I went to the Isle of Wight was in 1989 just before the 1923 stock (class 485) were withdrawn from service. Their replacements, the 1938 stock (class 483) looked modern in comparison

[@MAPV2015]

Imagine they not getting a ticket and the guard told them but the guard said get off at next stop😂😂😂

[@MAPV2015]

And they say don’t have a ticket

[@Timothycan]

I first went there in 1966 when I was only 8 years old. They were still running steam trains then! The next time I went to the Island, they were rather ropy old London Underground stock, which were really ancient. The track seemed rough and uneven, and the trains rocked about a lot. Seeing this video, it's looking a bit better now.

[@shaunhouse8469]

Ryde pier is really three piers attached to each other, there's the one with the road vehicle road, the one for the trains and the footpath you guys walked down that was recently converted from the Ryde tramway (although the tramway hadn't been in use for many many years)

[@DavidShepheard]

I've been on the previous Underground trains on the Isle of Wight. It wasn't very comfortable (compared to deep level tube trains in London) as the trains used to be very bouncy. I found out recently that the track was put on top of round pebbles, instead of ballast. They removed all the pebbles and replaced them with ballast in the lead up to the D-Trains being put into operation. Also, I'm not entirely sure where that "they can only run tube trains on the Isle of Wight" thing came from, but they ran a test train before the D-Trains were ordered, because the District Line trains are the same height as normal British Rail trains. I think the problem might have been related to the chimneys in steam trains, being slightly too high after the trackbed was raised slightly to avoid a problem with flooding.

[@neilturner3658]

It is the Esplanade tunnel. Before they raised the trackbed it would flood regularly. Even now it's below high water sea level, so it can still happen. The new D stock LU trains are taller than the old 1928 and 1936 stock they replaced, but still a lot lower than standard National Rail loading gauge. Even the original trackbed level was a bit restrictive. Some of the steam engines transferred here from the mainland needed replacement chimneys, which were designed at Ryde Works and cast by Hursts, the Island blacksmith and ironmongers.

[@mcollier4566]

If you think the 78 stock is bouncy, you really needed to experience the line before the upgrade in the rear most longitudinal seats of a 38 stock set! That would have been interesting filming! They were worse than pacers but great fun and wonderfully antiquated. The jointed track which probably wasn’t in the best condition at the time probably didn’t help either. For a passenger they were awful. As a theme park ride they were great! The bogie stock on the steam railway used to be the smoothest ride on the island, albeit at lower speeds. Would be interesting to do a 38 stock drag on the heritage railway to do a proper comparison!

[@tonycook603]

Hi Nick, and Nat of course. How great to see you in my area, I live about 100 yards from Ryde Esplanade. The Island Line is certainly unique but beset with problems mostly around the pier. It was closed for months last year also when the tunnel flooded, and I mean proper flooded. The water was almost up to the top of the tunnel, look it up. The 38 stock was incredible to ride. it was like a fairground ride. The "new" ex District Line stock are so much smoother in comparison. Smallbrook Junction is only open when the steam railway is operating, there is no public access to the road. There was a lot more railways on the Island years ago. The line extended past Shanklin to Ventnor, there was a junction at Brading to Bembridge and the line branched off at Smallbrook towards Newport, Cowes and Freshwater. Such a shame we just have this small stretch now.

[@AlasdairMacCaluim]

Great video! Lovely quirky wee railway. I loved the 38 stock.

[@yorkshirewanderer6176]

I did the Island Line in July and didn't make the connection at Brading as they didn't give anyone time to cross the bridge. I did enjoy the 40 minutes wait there though exploring the station. Its probably the one station that I'd want to have to spend that length of time.

[@bobbythomas200420032]

A great video and I really enjoyed that so much

[@nancylee6543]

Loved this my Grandmother was from Sandown. If I ever get to England that will be my first stop.

[@RichardFelstead1949]

My maternal grandmother, Phyllis Caro (nee Munns) was born at Sandown in 1895 and passed around 1971 in Australia.

[@TrainspottingTrio]

I couldn't help but notice the very aggressive doors on the 484s. They sort of get to the end, stop and then slam shut. You wouldn't want to get a finger caught in that 😅

[@revchips1]

I was one of the two who recognised you at shanklin. Good work!

[@Jakegriffin2006]

I think you should do a video on the Isle of White Steam Railway would be fun!

[@egpx]

I was on the Isle of Wight only last week, my first visit to the island. I arrived the day after the Island Line service was suspended for the month! I did go on the Steam Railway though and also walked up and down the Ryde Pier between the two stations. I'll need to go back and ride the line once it is back in service.

[@davefrench3608]

Pre beeching they were railways all over the island. Nice to see a couple of Pompey fans on the train PuP

[@mattpilgrim2607]

I have been to the Isle of Wight a few times, the old tube trains are lovely.

[@robertdunn8382]

The old 1938 trains were bumpy and you would bounce up and down

[@leejefferson5373]

Last time i remember being on the Isle of Wight is when the 483s were still in service. Very bumpy, probably bumpier than the 484s 😂

[@paulhuggins5901]

These are not tube trains, they are subsurface stock from the District Line.

[@jacobporrett]

I enjoyed watching Nick.

[@kuzatheaviator]

Its unfortunate you never got to experience the "38" stock. I went on them a fair few times, wonderful trains, very bouncy 😆 i miss them a lot, much more reliable and interesting than the current stock.

[@mudchute4dlr]

i swear they replaced it because it was really unreliable

[@kuzatheaviator]

@@mudchute4dlr they were 83 years old at the time of retirement, they were unreliable because they were old. The current stock has been completely rebuilt, is barely 4 years old and yet several have already been out of service for extended periods of time and allegedly 1 has already been scrapped for parts.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

very fun very well done

[@TransportVloggerIan]

Only thing I have ever done on the island was Newport, to cover the bus network for my birthday Lovely town

[@wrangerrob]

Ryde St John's Road signalbox in your shot came from Waterloo East, controls the full line. Agree the steam railway is very good.

[@ghracetullao2500]

Geoff Marshall style, good video

[@TheUlitimateFoe]

Your really not missing much by not having ridden the 38 stock. Islanders hated them, noisy and run down (specially towards the end) but if you want to see how it would have been / looked in service the Isle of Wight Steam Railway has one restored and preserved in their Rail museum. Fun fact , the track bed of the stations and the tunnel actually had to be lowered for the new stock which is why it took so long to reopen the line when the 38 stock finally went.

[@DanBen07]

I've been to the Isle of Wight when I was younger. I've been on the train from Ryde Pier Head to Sandown. I have been to lake and Shanklin just not on the train.

[@ReubenAshwell]

Brilliant video Nick, I do need to visit the Isle of Wight at some point. Those are old tube trains, of course they'd be bumpy, what else do you expect from tube trains? lol

[@highpath4776]

IoW is small enough to do all the disused stations, plus the open top round the island bus tour

[@Trainsaregreat365]

amazing nick keep it up

[@Anonymoususer_8823]

I really would like to go to the Isle of Wight. I am tempted to go there this year and to ride on the Island Line. Great video as always 😊

[@oldtechnobodycaresabout]

Geoff still hasn't been there...

[@braedonblake5535]

He has, when he went to film the last 38' stock

[@procrastination_productions]

@@braedonblake5535whoooosh

[@oldtechnobodycaresabout]

@@braedonblake5535 nah that was all CGI

[@LuperSoop69]

​@@braedonblake5535what a wawu

[@pdjaf]

great video as always!

[@EdwardMason9000]

Did this myself (probably only a day or two out from you!), definitely a good day out. I'd recommend the Steam Railway, worth a couple of hours!

[@MichaelCampin]

I went to Brambles Holiday Camp back before the end of Steam on Southern Region, and the system was alot more extensive back then.

[@highpath4776]

40 mins in Brading is worth it, it had a bit of a model railway/history display and is the junction for the line to Bembridge ( alas now lifted it would have made a good electric heritage line)

[@franki7]

Love your videos mate

[@cj-br9mq]

Good video ❤

[@Jonathan_55018]

not been to the island to ride the d stock yet i did do the 1938 stock couple of times and the stock before that the standard lt stock yes im that old lol keep up the great work im glad to see the hobby i love is in good hands

[@Electrostarboi207]

The trains front looks like a basic compressed version of the class 357s front

[@mrpstapley]

2:15 - It's a shame the train didn't "vistle" as it passed. ;)

[@garethsmith2250]

You got in just before the line closing again for maintenance

[@Omnicity1145]

The V board is for when vegetation passes the signs it needs to be repotted for cutting back 1:57

[@chbmckie]

Hey Nick, I wasn't sure where to ask this so I thought I'd just leave a comment here. How do I access the Members-only discord that I get as a new channel member?

[@NickBadley]

@@chbmckie ah yes, so, I believe you need to link your KZbin account with your Discord account in your Discord app, then it should show up in your "Connections" tab in Discord?

[@chbmckie]

@@NickBadley Thanks!!

[@jbowers_gaming1983]

Hope u had a good time down here. Good thing u didn’t come this week as the line is now closed. Most stations are far away from the main town centres. Just a shame that there isn’t much to the island line cause of beeching cuts in the 60s. Should have gone on the heritage line as well tbh

[@WildSpirit13SLK]

I thought that the train looked similar to those on the Marston Vale Line and that's because the 484 and the 230 are made from the D70 stock.

[@GreenFlexGaming]

I know this Line from TrainSimWorld 2

[@rsvtransitadventures]

I went for a 2-day holiday to the Isle of Wight a few weeks ago, and stayed in Sandown. Decided to ride from Sandown to Ryde Esplanade, and then back to Sandown, purely for me to say I’ve ridden on a 484.

[@Andrewjg_89]

The Island Line Class 484 (Ex London Underground D78 Stock) are very nice trains and are lot better than the Class 483. Overall the Island Line is a very good railway line in the Isle of Wight.

[@Gamerscreech]

Never been there sadly, but anyways you still gotta travel around essex >:)

[@toady446]

The last time I went there with the 38 stock, they were literally leaping over the track joints!

[@thewhetstonebusguy]

You could visit more on the Isle of Wight… if only the Beeching report wasn’t published

[@neilmcdonald9164]

Line used to run further south to Ventnor and there used to be other lines both went West in the 60s or earlier 🎩

[@UK.RoadsCyclingandTransport]

Hey nick do you know if there's a least used station on the island?

[@InkItOut]

I believe it is Smallbrook Junction which makes sense as it’s the only station that you won’t use if you live nearby as it’s only use is interchange between the Island Line and Isle of Wight Steam Railway. Smallbrook Junction had 8,024 entries and exits in the 2022-2023 period

[@Transportenthusiastshortz]

I REQUESTED THIS YYEEEESSSS

[@LukeGray-kh5in]

Hang on! What day did you film this cause I was there from the 12th to the 16th of August!🤔

[@AntonyShannon]

The last trains dont stop at Smallbrook due to the lack of an exit

[@telemachus53]

Ah! But I was at Ventnor! A long time before your time though!

[@simongurden9848]

Shame you missed the class 05 that used to be there too

[@jacobmichalski5534]

I heard someone at 0:20

[@MikeyCondon-kv7cy]

507016 has been taken for scrap today😢(the OG Nick Badly train)

[@NickBadley]

@@MikeyCondon-kv7cy nooooo!

[@MikeyCondon-kv7cy]

It has now been scrapped

[@jonbaulchful]

I LOVE TRAINS

[@AnubiisRecords]

Always wanted to visit the Isle of Wight, Nice video as always, Nick!

[@NickBadley]

You should do! It's great!

[@Lewisjma21]

@@NickBadleynick Do a vid I do Most Trains in 3H Start at Chesterfield and have 3H to do all trains around it When 3H is up u have to return to chesterfield and rate the Station

[@LukeGray-kh5in]

I heard it’s currently closed intill October for some work stuff or something

[@InkItOut]

That is why we went when we did! We went the week before it closed 😅

[@TrainsAndMe-g3h]

I Have been in the isle of wight

[@LLLkayden08]

How do I get a shout out

[@WildWildWeasel]

Fun fact about the Isle of Wight Mark King, the bassist and singer for the group Level 42, is from there. As far as I remember he even had a small farm and everything there. He's also a very lovely individual and his bass chops are brutal.

[@Trainsaregreat365]

well done s shortest name

[@XDFRailRoadCooler]

Your possibly not gonna get a delay & repay. Because the trains are more likely to run on time.

[@Steamfan-m7s]

Farewell for british rail

[@KerbalRocketry]

POMPEY

[@NameReveal-yy7qb]

Nick could you please ask to be on jet lag the game

[@Eric_Hunt194]

In before the pedants come along to say that sub-surface stock aren't *tube* trains!

[@thetransporttwo1]

Hey! We are your 1000th Like!

[@QALibrary]

I been told IoW does not exist according to some KZbinrs

[@joshtrains-qr8ie]

theyve changed the announcemnts on this its much better

[@SiVlog1989]

The really great thing about travelling from the mainland to the Isle of Wight is that you only need a train ticket and it allows you to use the ferry to/from Portsmouth Harbour and Ryde Pier Head. It's a bit like the Tyne Ferry between North Shields and South Shields where a certain type of Metro ticket allows you to use the ferry for no additional cost

[@noahstrainadventures3031]

V means 10 in Roman numerals

[@darius3160]

that is 5 lol X is 10

[@MS-kl8ed]

Close but no cigar...

[@noahstrainadventures3031]

@@darius3160get confused

[@neilmcdonald9164]

I rode on the red trains...but in London 🎩

[@Nooticus]

I went on the old tube stock on the Island Line, but I was quite young! I remember it being, as you say, very bumpy but also quite loud! Also Smallbrook Junction is so weird it's always interested me! I think there, plus Manulla Junction in Ireland, must be the only two stations in the UK+Ireland where you can't get in or out! Also, you didn't mention, but the bridge at Brading is still... uhhh... just scaffolding... oh and also you didnt metion the fact that the Island Line was closed for like 11 months, just a couple of years ago... this line has huge issues. I'm honestly shocked it still runs. I genuinely think that of any line in the country, I can't think of a more useless one.

[@thomas-xj1hs]

Overuse of the word "cool" for some reason...

[@robertdunn8382]

Good job your not there now as the line is closed

[@pupslace]

Yes, but were you *really* there or was this another elaborate green screen ala @geofftech2 ?