Sandown train station
You can reach 7 stations directly from Sandown on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brading, with 50 trains a day.
Sandown is the nearest station for postcodes in PO36, PO30. Check your own postcode.
- 7 direct destinations
- 1,853rd busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 40 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Sandown
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brading | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Lake | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Ryde St John's Road | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Shanklin | 50 | 50 | 44 |
| Ryde Esplanade | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Ryde Pier Head | 48 | 48 | 42 |
| Smallbrook Junction | 22 | 22 | 22 |
Lines serving Sandown
Sandown is on the Island Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Sandown station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Sandown 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 Sandown station is
81,918 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,853rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Sandown and Ryde Esplanade than any other pair: 24,932 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
- Lake 0.8 miles
- Shanklin 1.8 miles
- Brading 1.8 miles
- Smallbrook Junction 3.8 miles
- Ryde St John's Road 4.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Sandown, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Alverstone (Isle of Wight) · 1.1 miles
- Newchurch (Isle of Wight) · 2.2 miles
- Horringford · 3.1 miles
- St Helens (Isle of Wight) · 3.3 miles
- Wroxall · 3.9 miles
- Bembridge · 4.0 miles
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Facilities at Sandown station
Sandown is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
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Parking at Sandown station
- Sandown Car Park 40 spaces
£1.00 an hour, £1.20 off-peak, £2.00 a day, £7.90 a week
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 2 February 2026.
Getting to Sandown station
Sandown 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), 11.1 miles north.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Station Forecourt.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Sandown 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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