Shanklin railway station

Shanklin
Location
Place	Shanklin
Local authority	Isle of Wight
Coordinates	50°38′02″N 1°10′45″W / 50.633767°N 1.179073°WCoordinates: 50°38′02″N 1°10′45″W / 50.633767°N 1.179073°W
Grid reference	SZ580819
Operations
Station code	SHN
Managed by	Island Line Trains
Number of platforms	1
DfT category	E
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2004/05	0.342 million
2005/06	0.345 million
2006/07	0.383 million
2007/08	0.369 million
2008/09	0.359 million
2009/10	0.339 million
2010/11	0.346 million
2011/12	0.373 million
2012/13	0.352 million
2013/14	0.318 million
History
Key dates	Opened 23 August 1864
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* 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.
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Shanklin railway station is a 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.

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

Rail services

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

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 Morrisons, 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
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  From station forecourt
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  Waiting for bus link to Ventnor
• 
  Shanklin in 1971

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