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6 unusual facts about Transport on the Isle of Wight


Transport on the Isle of Wight

From then it was always owned by large national concerns and after 1968 became part of the state-owned National Bus Company.

This is based on most routes radiating from Newport, which is convenient for shoppers with Newport being the central shopping area of the Isle of Wight.

In the 1950s and 1960s, and before the Beeching Report, the Island boasted a comprehensive railway network based on a triangle of lines connecting Ryde, Newport, Sandown and Ventnor.

Sustrans National Cycle Network routes 22 and 23 have sections through the Isle of Wight, including off road sections of route 23 between Cowes and Newport and Newport and Sandown along disused railway lines.

A sign used to greet visitors to the Island disembarking from the car ferry at Fishbourne, stating Island Roads are Different, Please Drive Carefully.

Cowes park and ride is currently the only park and ride site on the island, however there has been regular talk of building one for Newport in the future.



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