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They have been trundling along the tracks between Ryde Pier Head and Shanklin for over 30 years, but the much-adored Class 483 former London Underground trains have now been retired following completion of the last passenger service tonight (Sunday).
The last train – 006 – arrived at Ryde St John’s Road at 23:21 but there was no fanfare to be seen due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, 006 quietly pulled away from the station and into the depot sidings to mark the end of an era.
Within minutes the electricity was isolated and the line officially handed over contractors who took possession at 23:30.
A small number of people gathered for photographs of the retiring Island Line fleet, as they have been doing along the line for several months following the announcement that the Class 483s would finally be replaced.
Earlier on today 007 also ran for the last time, carrying out passenger operations until around 11:00. Both trains have carried a special destination plate entitled “483 Final Day 1989-2021”.
Descending from St Boniface Down....had we realised what the clouds portended we would have started to don waterproofs...
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Heading up from Searchlight Emplacement Tunnel
As well as the spiral staircase being a squeeze, so is the long (it felt long) to the searchlight, so if you have claustrophobia best to avoid.
1885 is when the the tunnel is dug beneath the parade ground, through the solid chalk of the cliffs. In 1898-99 an armoured searchlight position was added at the end of the tunnel.
It is worth doing as you get the closest view of the Needles and there is the search light and information panels at the end.
If you fancy seeing what is involved without doing then someone has very kindly done a six minute video...
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... in the Needles Park, Isle of Wight ...
Alum Bay is a bay near the westernmost point of the Isle of Wight, England, within sight of the Needles. Of geological interest and a tourist attraction, the bay is noted for its multi-coloured sand cliffs.
Alum Bay is the location of a classic sequence of Eocene beds of soft sands and clays, separated by an unconformity from the underlying Cretaceous Chalk Formation that forms the adjoining headland of West High Down. Due to geological folding of the Alpine orogeny, the strata in the main section of the bay are vertical, with younger rocks to the west. The sands are coloured due to oxidised iron compounds formed under different conditions.
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Looking north towards Ryde.
Brading station was opened in 1864 by the Isle of Wight Railway on the line from Ryde to Ventnor.
It became a junction in 1882 when a branch line to Bembridge was opened but this unfortunately closed in 1953.
Brading station is still open although it is a shadow of its former self.
..stunning views of the formations which make up the cliffs and the needles from the Battery. Zoom in to see the dips of the beds in the face of the cliff.
HIOWAA's current helicopter seen here in the new livery whilst taking off from Wootton, Isle of Wight
The only thatched church on the Isle of Wight and just up the road from the HF guest house. It was our free day and we borrowed one of the self guided booklets to do a figure of eight walk to the Needles.
www.visitisleofwight.co.uk/things-to-do/st-agnes-church-p...
Jackie had had a very chilled walk but ended tagging onto the option 3's after they caught up with her on the way back.
Looking west from the grounds of the HF Freshwater bay property.
The redoubt is now a private residence.
I was very taken with the tunnel that exits the cliffs. I've highlighted with a note.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freshwater_Redoubt
"Freshwater Redoubt, also known as Fort Redoubt (map reference SZ345856) is an old Palmerston fort built in Freshwater Bay on the western end of the Isle of Wight. Construction work for the fort began in 1855 and was completed in 1856."