South Western Railway (SWR) services resume this morning (Monday 7 October) following a month-long closure of the Island Line while engineers completed a comprehensive programme of critical maintenance.
Over the past month, a wide range of important maintenance work has been jointly undertaken by Network Rail and SWR. This has included:
- Laying 110m of new track through Ryde Esplanade station with composite sleepers which are more resilient to this coastal environment and will last for at least 60 years
- Installing around 48 new rail bearers over 65m from the end of Ryde Esplanade toward Ryde Pierhead and amending signalling (the railways traffic lights) to enable train services to resume running between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin
- Realigning the track through Ryde Esplanade station to reduce the gap between the train and platform, and renewing part of the track at Smallbrook Junction
- Replacing the bridge decks at both Park and Rink Road bridges, and bridge repairs in Sandown
- Renovations to the historic footbridge at Brading.
Following the conclusion of this first of a two-part closure, train services have resumed running, operating every 30 minutes between Ryde Esplanade and Shanklin. The first service will be the 06.01 from Ryde Esplanade to Shanklin.
All attention now turns to continuing work to repair and preserve the historic Ryde Pier structure, which began in October 2022. The pier will remain closed to trains until it is expected to reopen in early May 2025, in time for the summer holiday season.
During this time, in order to maintain connections with ferry services, a minibus shuttle service will operate between Ryde Pier Head and Ryde Esplanade.
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