Ryde Pier Head railway station

Ryde Pier Head
General information
LocationRyde, Isle of Wight, England
Grid referenceSZ593935
Managed byIsland Line
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeRYP
ClassificationDfT category E
History
Opened12 July 1880
Original companyPortsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Pre-groupingPortsmouth and Ryde Joint Railway
Post-groupingSouthern Railway
Key dates
1 January 1967Closed for electrification
20 March 1967Reopened
3 January 2021Closed for upgrade works
1 November 2021Reopened
6 September 2024Closed for maintenance and repair works
2 May 2025Reopened
Passengers
2019/20 0.181 million
 Interchange  0.126 million
2020/21 26,300
 Interchange  14,228
2021/22 68,646
 Interchange  39,789
2022/23 92,786
2023/24 0.103 million
 Interchange  37,501
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Ryde Pier Head railway station is one of three stations in the town of Ryde on the Isle of Wight. Situated at the end of the town's pier, it is adjacent to the terminal for the Wightlink fast catamaran service connecting the island with Portsmouth on the English mainland. Passengers can use this to connect with the rest of the National Rail network at Portsmouth Harbour station, which is adjacent to the Portsmouth terminal. Through rail tickets for travel via Pier Head station are available to and from other stations on the Isle of Wight. These include travel on the catamaran service to or from Portsmouth as appropriate.

Trains run down the eastern coast of the Isle of Wight to Shanklin (the Island Line), the last remnant of a network of railways on the island. Because of the restricted loading gauge, particularly through the tunnel under Ryde, services are operated by former London Underground stock.

The ticket office at the station is run by Wightlink and not Island Line.

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