Sandown railway station is a railway station serving Sandown on the Isle of Wight, England. It is located on the Island Line from Ryde to Shanklin.

Sandown
The station building in 2016
General information
Location	Sandown, Isle of Wight, England
Grid reference	SZ593844
Managed by	Island Line
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	SAN
Classification	DfT category F1
History
Opened	23 August 1864
Key dates
1 January 1967	Closed for electrification
20 March 1967	Reopened
28 October 1988	Signal box closed and functions moved to Ryde St John's Road signal box
3 January 2021	Closed for upgrade works
1 November 2021	Reopened
Passengers
2016/17	0.183 million
2017/18	0.162 million
2018/19	0.151 million
2019/20	0.123 million
2020/21	23,936
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

History

Sandown station is a double platform-faced through station. However, from the mid 19th until the mid 20th century it was a junction station, also served by trains to and from Horringford, Merstone, Newport and Cowes. These lines used to be run by separate companies, the Isle of Wight Railway (Ryde-Ventnor) and the Isle of Wight Central Railway (Newport-Sandown).

The adjacent land, which used to be occupied by coal-yards, is now a housing estate and the former Terminus Hotel pub opposite has long been a private house. The line from Ryde to Shanklin was constructed between 1862 and 1864, and opened to passenger traffic on 23 August 1864.[1] The original station building was extended between 1870 and 1871 through the addition of a two-storey extension to act as station offices.[2]

In 1923, with the Grouping, came the formation of the Southern Railway. This brought all the railway services on the island under one management, and considerable modernisation. At first, it did not affect the services offered, but eventually the line from Ryde gained a more frequent service whilst the Merstone line declined. One particular feature of the Merstone line was the School Train, which was subsidised by the local authority, and for a significant time meant that the line remained viable. When the line was closed, children from outlying villages going to the Sandown Schools were then transported by bus, the current situation.

Stationmasters

Services

As of May 2022, there are two trains in each direction per hour during the peak and one during the off-peak. Services call at all stations except Smallbrook Junction, which operates only during steam operating dates and times, and only one service an hour calls at Ryde Pier Head.

Trains to Ryde take about 13 minutes (to St. John's Road) or 19 minutes (to Ryde Pier Head). A journey from Sandown to Shanklin generally takes 6 minutes. From Shanklin there is a bus connection to Ventnor.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Lake		Island Line Ryde-Shanklin		Brading
	Disused railways
Terminus		British Rail Southern Region IoW CR : Sandown to Newport line		Alverstone

Gallery

• 
  Looking north
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  Main entrance
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  Entrance from other side
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  Looking south
• 
  Shelter on "To Ryde (North)" platform
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  Canopy on "To Shanklin (South)" side

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sandown railway station.

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