Ryde Pier Head train station
You can reach 7 stations directly from Ryde Pier Head on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ryde Esplanade, with 50 trains a day.
Address: PO33 2HF
Ryde Pier Head is the nearest station for postcodes in PO32, PO31. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Ryde Pier Head
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ryde Esplanade | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Ryde St John's Road | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Brading | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Lake | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Sandown | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Shanklin | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Smallbrook Junction | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Lines serving Ryde Pier Head
Ryde Pier Head is on the Island Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Ryde Pier Head station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Ryde Pier Head station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Ryde Pier Head station is
129,184 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,625th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 13,968 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Ryde Pier Head and London Waterloo than any other pair: 32,424 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Nearest other stations
- Ryde Esplanade 0.4 miles
- Ryde St John's Road 1.0 miles
- Smallbrook Junction 1.9 miles
- Brading 4.3 miles
- Portsmouth Harbour 4.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ryde Pier Head, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Stokes Bay · 2.6 miles
- Gosport Road and Alverstoke · 3.8 miles
- Browndown Halt · 3.8 miles
- St Helens (Isle of Wight) · 3.8 miles
- Fort Gomer Halt · 3.8 miles
- Elmore Halt · 4.1 miles
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Facilities at Ryde Pier Head station
Ryde Pier Head is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Toilets · Waiting room · WiFi
Parking at Ryde Pier Head station
- Station Car Park
Cycle parking: 48 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 8 December 2025.
Getting to Ryde Pier Head station
Ryde Pier Head station is in Isle of Wight, South East, and is run by South Western Railway (Island Line).
The nearest motorway junction is M275 J2 (Rudmore), 5.8 miles north-east.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Ryde Pier Head station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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