Ryde Rail

One of the most interesting and unique parts of the whole national railway network is the line from Ryde to Shanklin on the Isle of Wight which has been operated by former London Transport tube trains since the 1960s. This book charts the history and operation of the line since the end of steam and the closure of most of the island’s railway system in 1966.

Providing a brief history of the LT Standard Stock and why, when and how it was chosen and transported to Isle of Wight, these elderly trains soldiered on into the 1990s when they were finally replaced with 1938 London Transport stock.

The narrative follows the operation of the line in the decades since electrification to the present day and the changes which came about with privatisation of the national network. The book concludes by looking at the current operation of the line and options which might be available to replace the 1938 stock. The future of the line is also discussed including the likely extension of Isle of Wight Steam Railway trains to Ryde St John’s.

This is a well-researched and very readable account of a unique survivor and perhaps the most singular line in the whole of the Britain’s surviving railway network.

Una dintre cele mai interesante si unice parti ale intregii retele feroviare nationale este linia de la Ryde la Shanklin de pe Insula Wight care este operata de fostele metrou London Transport inca din anii 1960. Aceasta carte prezinta istoria si functionarea liniei de la sfarsitul aburului si inchiderea majoritatii sistemului feroviar al insulei in 1966. Oferind o scurta istorie a stocului standard LT si de ce, cand si cum a fost ales si transportat la Isle din Wight, aceste trenuri in varsta au continuat in anii 1990, cand au fost inlocuite in cele din urma cu stocul London Transport din 1938. Naratiunea urmareste functionarea liniei in deceniile de la electrificare pana in prezent si schimbarile care au avut loc cu privatizarea reţea.