The Island Line
The Island Line runs for 8.4 miles between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin, serving 8 stations, with a top line speed of 60 mph.
See the Island Line on the live map
The map draws the line on its own, names every station along it, and shows the trains running on it right now.
The line in numbers
| Length | 8.4 miles end to end |
|---|---|
| Track | about 10 miles, counting every running line |
| Stations | 8 |
| Top line speed | 60 mph |
| Passengers a year | 586,590 entries and exits across its stations |
Stations on this line
- Ryde Pier Head129,184 a year
- Ryde Esplanade130,196 a year
- Ryde St John's Road53,256 a year
- Smallbrook Junction8,978 a year
- Brading17,080 a year
- Sandown81,918 a year
- Lake19,744 a year
- Shanklin146,234 a year
The busiest station on the line is Shanklin, 146,234 entries and exits a year and 1558th busiest in Britain.
Passenger figures are the Office of Rail and Road's estimates of station usage for 2024-25, added up across the stations on this line. They count entries and exits at those stations rather than journeys along the line, and a station served by more than one line is counted for each of them.