For some years there had been considerable inconvenience to visitors travelling between Ryde Pier and the station at Ryde St John’s Road. The tramway was extended in 1870, along the Esplanade and across a number of streets to the railway station. This extension was short lived and closed on 5th April 1880.
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Ashey Station
Built 150 years ago in 1875 for the opening of the Ryde to Newport Railway, reduced to an unmanned halt in 1953 and sold into private ownership in 1968 when
17 April, 2025
