are several modes of Transport on the Isle of Wight, an island in the English Channel. The Island Line is the one railway left on the island. It runs some...
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The Island Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight which runs along the island's east coast and links Ryde Pier Head with Shanklin. Trains connect...
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network of railway lines on the Isle of Wight, which operated both as a self-contained railway network, and as links to ferry services between the island...
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Newport is the county town of the Isle of Wight, an island county off the south coast of England. The town is slightly north of the centre of the island,...
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The Isle of Wight Festival 1970 was a music festival held between 26 and 30 August 1970 at Afton Down, an area on the western side of the Isle of Wight...
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civil parish at the western end of the Isle of Wight, England. The southern, coastal part of the village is Freshwater Bay, named for the adjacent small...
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the village of Lake. Isle of Wight Sandown Aerodrome formerly had a CAA Ordinary Licence (Number P883) that allows flights for the public transport of...
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The Isle of Wight Coastal Path (or Coastal Footpath) is a circular long-distance footpath of 70 miles (113 km) around the Isle of Wight, UK. It follows...
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Since the Isle of Wight was separated from mainland Britain, probably about 7000 years ago, vessels have transported people and goods across the Solent...
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Red Funnel (redirect from The Southampton, Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Co. Limited)
Red Funnel, the trading name of the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited, is a ferry company that carries...
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British Rail Class 483 (category Rail transport on the Isle of Wight)
on services on the Isle of Wight's Island Line. This was despite having already been used for nearly 50 years on the London Underground network. The units...
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The Isle of Wight Central Railway (IoWCR) was a railway company on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom. It was formed in 1887 by the merging of three earlier...
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The Isle of Wight Railway was a railway company on the Isle of Wight, United Kingdom; it operated 14 miles (23 kilometres) of railway line between Ryde...
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Education on the Isle of Wight is provided by local education authority-maintained schools on the Isle of Wight, and independent schools. As a rural community...
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The Isle of Wight Steam Railway is a heritage railway on the Isle of Wight. The railway passes through 5+1⁄2 miles (9 km) of countryside from Smallbrook...
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The Isle of Wight (/waɪt/ WYTE) is an island, English county and unitary authority in the English Channel, 2 to 5 miles (3 to 8 kilometres) off the coast...
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British Rail Classes 485 and 486 (category Rail transport on the Isle of Wight)
Trains on the Isle of Wight. Harrow Weald, Middlesex: Capital Transport. ISBN 1-85414-276-3. "CHTL - Preserved Underground Trains". Archived from the original...
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Ryde Pier (redirect from Sealink (Transfer of Ryde Pier) Harbour Revision Order 1991)
an early 19th century pier serving the town of Ryde, on the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. It is the world's oldest seaside pleasure pier...
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and Ryde, on the Isle of Wight. The name "Fishbourne" might mean "stream of fish" or "fish spring." It is positioned on the eastern bank of Wootton Creek...
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Wightlink (category Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight)
is a ferry company operating routes across The Solent between Hampshire and the Isle of Wight in the south of England. It operates car ferries between Lymington...
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Hospital is a hospital located on the outskirts of Newport on the Isle of Wight. It is run by the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. The hospital was designed by Ahrends...
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TF Carrier (category Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight)
was sold to the Isle of Wight Railway Marine Transit Company which wished to establish a ferry service between Langstone station on the London, Brighton...
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Hovertravel (category Ferry transport on the Isle of Wight)
The operator's principal service operates between Southsea Common on the English mainland and Ryde Transport Interchange on the Isle of Wight: the crossing...
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in the west of the Isle of Wight, off the south coast of England. The town is named for its location at the mouth of the small Western Yar river. The town...
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Southern Vectis (redirect from History of Southern Vectis)
is a bus operator on the Isle of Wight, founded in 1921 as "Dodson and Campbell" and became the "Vectis Bus Company" in 1923. The company was purchased...
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British Rail Class 484 (category Rail transport on the Isle of Wight)
operates on the Island Line on the Isle of Wight. Based on the British Rail Class 230 diesel multiple unit, the units are part of the Vivarail D-Train family...
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are the names and numbers of the 23 LSWR O2 class locomotives that were transferred to the Isle of Wight. Another successful publicity campaign by the Southern...
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South Western franchise (category Rail transport on the Isle of Wight)
Line on the Isle of Wight. In December 1995, the Director of Passenger Rail Franchising awarded the franchise to South West Trains, a subsidiary of Stagecoach...
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The Isle of Wight Bus & Coach Museum, also referred to as The Isle of Wight Bus Museum, was founded in 1997 in Newport on the Isle of Wight in the United...
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LB&SCR E1 class (category Rail transport on the Isle of Wight)
at Eastleigh Works later that year. The four on the Isle of Wight worked goods trains until route closures in the 1950s brought a reduction in their duties...
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