Isle of Wight Steam Railway

Lord Peter Hendy, a great friend and supporter of the IWSR, gives his view of the past and future of Ashey Station.

 

I do like this guy! He doesn't just say the right things, he does them as well. He's well in with the RVR as well.
Diamond geezer.

 

Personally I'm delighted to see the railway purchase the station, and indeed hope they'll in time go the whole way into fully restoring the station with both platforms and passing loop, as it seems to me that's probably gonna be their natural course of action with it anyway. It'll certainly be a great asset to have too, being the only what I call a standard or classic station setup, as the only original and genuine original stop on the line is Haven Street and that's had a lot of expansion and development done around it due to necessities.

I believe folks have compared it to Kingscote too on the Bluebell as to it's potential as a pretty isolated station seemingly frozen in time and free from modern developments round it, and I can definitely see it like that.

Plus if nothing else, for galas and such will offer extra flexibility for operations.