Episode 4: The Bembridge Branchline
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- Опубликовано: 26 июл 2024
- Episode 4 in a series of videos where we walk every disused railway line on the Isle of Wight.
In this Episode, we treck up the Bembridge Branch, visiting the Quay at St Helens on the way.
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Credit:
Music: Vectronia - Used with permission from Artist.
All other music is original and created by Jack Singleton:
Copyright @jacksingletonmusic
Images:
Brading Harbour by William Daniell - used under Creative Commons Act 3.0
Worsley Estate Map 1774 - source: IWHistory.org
Aerial shot - source: Historic England
Book used for comparison - IOW steam & passenger rolling stock by R.S. Maycock & M.J.E Reed.
Os Maps used under Creative Commons Act image of IWR Beyer Peacock at Newport: Source Unknown.
Metropolitan Railway Poster: Public Domain Image
Metropolitan Railway Map: Used under Creative Commons 3.0
St Helen's Ferry Service Painting - Credit Les Hanson.
Underground Train: Free Stock Footage
Image of train at Bembridge: Alchetron.com
Author Unknown.
Archive Footage - Credit Unknown.
A very delightful film on a perfect sunny day. We holidayed on the island when I was a child back in the 1970's and it's time I flew over for another visit. Looking forward to watching more of your content.
Thanks for sharing 🍓🧶🌈💙
The purpose of the branch line & the Spithead Hotel was to board packet boats to Cunarders out of Southampton which was not ever profitable. Bembridge Staion became a squash club but not anymore. Also when the land was sold by British Rail, the local MP Mark Woodnutt tipped off his business partner Selwyn with insider knowledge & Selwyn took over the harbour. Woodnutt lost his seat from a 20k majority. FUN FACT - in WW1 there was a seaplane base there called "The Nizam of Hyderbad's Own" It was dismantled & re-erected as "Summerland" amusemet arcade in Shanklin (I don't just make this shit up you knw)
Fantastic journey walked a long time ago so great to see it all, look forward to the rest
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you for your videos. So well presented and bring back great memories of my childhood holidays on the Island in the fifties. That was the time of the closure of many of the branch lines and them becoming walking routes through some of the most picturesque parts of the island. Sadly in recent years as you show in your videos much of this access has been taken away. If they had remained as footpaths and cycle ways and were well maintained, they would have provided a good tourist attraction and could even have been restored just as has been done at Haven Street. Look how successful that has been.
Hello and thank you for the kind words 🙂. Yes I agree it is a shame not move of it was preserved, we are walking the Freshwater line next which will envolve taking a few detours due to the trackbed being reclaimed in certain areas. It is a shame but is what it is. All the best 👍
A really great video. Thanks
Thank you! Make sure you sub for more. All the best 🙂
Another brilliant informative Video guys and thanks so much for sharing! I really enjoy watching your videos
Thank you once again Tracie for watching! Means a lot 🙂👍
Wonderful, thank you for posting.
Thank you for watching 🙂
Another great video. I've often wondered what St Helen's and Bembridge look like now. Glad to hear you ended the video with the mention of a pint. Sounds like a good reason to go there!
Thank you John, it's well worth a walk that's for sure. All the best 🙂👍
Thanks for the link, really interesting, thanks, I used to live in Bembridge and can just remember the disused station, 😊, you probably know there is a whole load of history up on culver down, that would be very interesting too, thanks again for the link and the great content. Nic. 😊.
Glad you enjoyed it. We have plenty more videos up on our channel and more on the way 🙂.
The history of Culver down and Bembridge Fort is definately on the list 👍
I absolutely love your series of walkthroughs on the IOW train history. I’m an American, and never been there, but I love nostalgia as well as passenger/commuter trains. I have the IOW simulator on my XBox from Ryde to Shanklin.
The IOW train history I find so fascinating and I’ve watched all I can find on RUclips.
Your take on its history is beautifully presented and refreshing. Well done and thank you!
Thank you so much for the kind words Mike, means a lot! We have some vids coming up that delve more into the history of the island so make sure you subscribe and you'll get a notification when they are out. All the very best 🙂🥾
I was on the last train from Bembridge in 1953 I remember it vaguely I was almost 3
Oh really? That's fantastic, such a shame the line was lost. But at least the memory is there 🙂👍
walked that route in 2012 and 2013 enjoyed my pint at the pilot boat hope you did to
Certainly did thank you 🙂👍
i do enjoy your iow railway videos , they are very well done .
Thank you Graham! Very kind sir 🙂👍
Once again, an absolutely brilliant episode! This is a perfect example of how to present very rich content in a concise format, which easily allows one to follow along precisely and to understand how to replicate the experience. Usage of archival views to show past and present, so well done. Thank you! And you two are such a gorgeous, cheeky couple, love how you have fun with it!
That's incredibly kind of you to say! Thank you so much 🙂 Yeah she's the cheeky Anime fan and I'm the grumpy railway nerd ... somehow it works 🤣
The Isle of Wight may ideal to relay railway lines especially using the refurbished District Lines Trains in these days of eco concerns. There must be scope to reopen lines on the island to ease traffic congestion.
The counsil did a 'viability study' a couple years back to see if it was possible to reopen the line to Ventnor. A few months and a substantial amount of 'research' money later, they concluded that it wasn't 😑.
@@WightWanderer surprise surprise , not, it would cost too much. Ffs when will people get real.