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« Reply #7695 on: August 01, 2008, 03:41:45 PM » |
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Isle of Wight?
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« Reply #7696 on: August 01, 2008, 03:42:15 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Edit - Silo - correct. Ryde Esplande to Ryde Pier End. About 700 metres. Standard gauge track (I think - at least it's the same as the rest of the Island Line anyway).
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« Reply #7697 on: August 01, 2008, 03:45:40 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Ooh, The Isle of Wight Railway? Starts at Ryde Pier? |
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« Reply #7698 on: August 01, 2008, 03:47:17 PM » |
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The Island Line also has connections to the Isle Of Wight Steam Railway, which is more TK's cup of tea  . They's got some nicely restored and maintained engines on about 5 miles of track. |
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« Reply #7699 on: August 01, 2008, 03:49:38 PM » |
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« Reply #7700 on: August 01, 2008, 03:53:24 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Edit - Silo - correct. Ryde Esplande to Ryde Pier End. About 700 metres. Standard gauge track (I think - at least it's the same as the rest of the Island Line anyway).
700Metresand they still charge 196 for a year ticket? you are shitting me |
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« Reply #7701 on: August 01, 2008, 03:53:49 PM » |
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These days, they use 1938 vintage ex LT (LU these days) Piccadilly Line rolling stock. But then most of you knew that already.
Thst paint job is just scandalous though.
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« Reply #7702 on: August 01, 2008, 03:55:59 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Edit - Silo - correct. Ryde Esplande to Ryde Pier End. About 700 metres. Standard gauge track (I think - at least it's the same as the rest of the Island Line anyway).
700Metresand they still charge 196 for a year ticket? you are shitting me What? About £3.50 return? Per week! Would cost more for a one-stop daily return on the London Tube! |
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« Reply #7703 on: August 01, 2008, 03:57:31 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Edit - Silo - correct. Ryde Esplande to Ryde Pier End. About 700 metres. Standard gauge track (I think - at least it's the same as the rest of the Island Line anyway).
Actually it runs all the way through to Shanklin, once upon a time there was a whole IOW network but sadly the Pier-Shanklin link is the only section left. The carriages are ancient too lol.
It only takes about 20 mins for the whole journey. |
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« Reply #7704 on: August 01, 2008, 03:57:39 PM » |
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Yes.
Think islands. Think the most punctual mainline railway company in the UK.
Edit - Silo - correct. Ryde Esplande to Ryde Pier End. About 700 metres. Standard gauge track (I think - at least it's the same as the rest of the Island Line anyway).
700Metresand they still charge 196 for a year ticket? you are shitting me What? About £3.50 return? Per week! Would cost more for a one-stop daily return on the London Tube! it's only 700 metres for crying out loud. I guess you could call it a "lazy people Tax" though. |
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« Reply #7705 on: August 01, 2008, 04:00:06 PM » |
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The only people that use the Ryde to pier section of the train are people with luggage, the wooden boards on the pier aren't exactly easy to manoeuvre with suitcases lol. Other than that it's only a few minutes walk.
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« Reply #7706 on: August 01, 2008, 04:02:55 PM » |
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why would people with luggage want to go to the end of the pier and more to the point why would they want a season ticket? is the IOW full of crazies going up and down on the train every day with suitcases full of chickens?
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« Reply #7707 on: August 01, 2008, 04:05:41 PM » |
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The end of the pier services ferry/hovercraft across the solent (IIRC), hence luggage.
The original article was saying that with a "gold card" you could then get discounts on lots of other stuff. You can buy this ticket from Esplanade to Pier End without even setting foot on the Isle of Wight for the entire year.
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« Reply #7708 on: August 01, 2008, 04:06:08 PM » |
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why would people with luggage want to go to the end of the pier and more to the point why would they want a season ticket? is the IOW full of crazies going up and down on the train every day with suitcases full of chickens?
Not yet but when he retires that is exactly what TK is planning on doing. |
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« Reply #7709 on: August 01, 2008, 04:07:54 PM » |
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why would people with luggage want to go to the end of the pier and more to the point why would they want a season ticket? is the IOW full of crazies going up and down on the train every day with suitcases full of chickens?
Sigh, sometimes you just have to spell it out in black and white.
The pier head has one of the links to the mainland (fastcat via wightlink) so obviously people are using it with luggage! A large number of people also commute to the mainland to work, hence the season ticket, in fact, my children have school friends that come over from the Island for school.
But yes, the IOW is full of crazies too. |
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