Island Line (Isle of Wight)

The Iceland Line is a railway line on the Isle of Wight off the south coast of Great Britain. It is 13.6 kilometers long and runs along the east coast of Ryde Shanklin. Ryde is the route begins at the pier, where ferries and - drop to Portsmouth. At the intermediate station Smallbrook Junction can be switched in the Isle of Wight Steam Railway, a steam-powered locomotives museum railway.

The line was opened on 12 July 1889, in 1967 electrified (750 V DC power rail). Mid-1990s there were plans to take the now disused southern section to Ventnor back into operation, but failed due to high costs.

Operation

After the privatization of British Rail, the Iceland Line was from 1996 an independent railway company. She was part of Stagecoach Group and was the smallest railway company of Britain, which was integrated into the collective system of National Rail. She was also the only railway company which had not transferred the maintenance of operating systems to Network Rail. The Line Iceland was considered a reliable and punctual train company in Britain. The reasons for this were probably the simplicity and brevity of the track.

On 4 February 2007, the railway company South West Trains took over for a period of ten years, the operating license, the route will, however, continue to be marketed separately.

Rolling stock

A tunnel near Ryde has a very narrow gauge. For this reason, the conventional railroad car may be used. Instead, run updated cars, the London Underground 1938 Tube Stock by Type (trains consist only of the DM - A and DM D units without NDM and trailer cars). These built in 1938 cars replaced older models from 1923.

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