Shanklin railway station

Shanklin railway station is a Grade II listed[1] railway station serving Shanklin on the Isle of Wight. It is the present terminus of the Island Line from Ryde, although the line used to continue to Wroxall and Ventnor. The station now has one platform with a ticket office and a small shop with the second platform now in use as a flower bed. The former subway has been filled in.

Shanklin
Location
Place	Shanklin
Local authority	Isle of Wight
Coordinates	50.633767°N 1.179073°W / 50.633767; -1.179073
Grid reference	SZ580819
Operations
Station code	SHN
Managed by	South Western Railway
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15	0.295 million
2015/16	0.294 million
2016/17	0.291 million
2017/18	0.275 million
2018/19	0.260 million
History
Key dates	Opened 23 August 1864 (23 August 1864)
Listed status
Listed feature	Shanklin Railway Station
Listing grade	Grade II listed
Entry number	1365375[1]
Added to list	14 February 1992
National Rail – UK railway stations
* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Shanklin from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.

The exterior of the station

Passengers can change onto Southern Vectis buses to Ventnor and St Lawrence.

History

The station opened on 23 August 1864. The station buildings were extended in 1881.

Rail services

All rail services are operated by South Western Railway (Island Line). There are two departures an hour to Ryde Pier Head which connect with Wightlink Ferries which take passengers to Portsmouth Harbour Station.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		South Western Railway Ryde-Shanklin		Lake
	Disused railways
Wroxall		Southern Region IoWR : Main line		Sandown

Bus routes

A Wightbus Railink bus leaving the station at Shanklin.

The following buses run from Shanklin Station or nearby. All services, unless noted, are run exclusively by Southern Vectis.

No.	Destinations	Frequency (Mon-Sat daytime)	Departure Point	Notes
2	Sandown or Godshill, Rookley and Newport	30 minutes	Co-op
3	Sandown, Brading and Ryde or Ventnor, Wroxall, then Newport	30 minutes	Station forecourt
22	Sibden Hill or Perowne Way and Sandown	Hourly (reduced on Saturdays)	Co-op
23	Sibden Hill or Lake, Alverstone and Newport	Hourly (limited hours)	Co-op
24	Sandown and Yaverland (Culver Way) or Shanklin Esplanade	Three journeys	Co-op
Summer only tourist services
''''Shanklin Steamer	Esplanade, Old Village, Town Centre	30 minutes	Station Forecourt
Island Coaster	Sandown, Brading and Ryde or Esplanade, Ventnor, Blackgang Chine, Freshwater Bay, Alum Bay, Yarmouth	2 Hourly	Station Forecourt	Partial restoration of the pre-2006 route 7 Island Explorer buses

Gallery

• 
  The end of the line
• 
  Looking towards Lake
• 
  From St Paul's Parish Church
• 
  from junction with road to Sandown
• 
  From station forecourt
• 
  Waiting for bus link to Ventnor
• 
  Shanklin in 1971

References

1. Historic England, "Shanklin Railway Station (1365375)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 26 June 2017

External links

• Sandown Bay Bus Map - also shows rail service but not the Summer-only services or services run by Wightbus.

• Train times and station information for Shanklin railway station from National Rail