{"id":4260,"date":"2024-10-04T10:54:30","date_gmt":"2024-10-04T10:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4260"},"modified":"2024-10-04T11:12:08","modified_gmt":"2024-10-04T11:12:08","slug":"isle-of-wight-steam-railway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4260","title":{"rendered":"Isle of Wight Steam Railway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1535.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-4262\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1535.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1535.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1535-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1535-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The railway, a relic of former steam services on the island, runs between Wootton, Havenstreet and Smallbrook, with the main station being at Havenstreet.<\/p>\n<p>The standard gauge steam hauled service is more or less hourly, or half-hourly at peak season.<\/p>\n<p>There is a substantial railway museum at Havenstreet, with engines and rolling stock, with a lower admission charge if you don&#8217;t want a train ride.<\/p>\n<p>The site can be accessed by car, by the Isle of Wight electric railway, or by bus.\u00a0 Ferries connect the mainland to Ryde or Fishbourne.<\/p>\n<p>Worth a visit if you are a steam train buff.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_4263\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4263\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1534.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1534-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4263\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4263\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">view down track<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4264\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4264\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1536.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1536-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4264\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4264\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tank engine<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4265\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4265\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1540.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1540-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4265\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4265\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Museum hall<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4266\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4266\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1543.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1543-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4266\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4266\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Victorian carriage detail<\/figcaption><\/figure> <figure id=\"attachment_4267\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4267\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1544.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IOW-Steam_1544-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4267\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4267\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tank engine<\/figcaption><\/figure>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The railway, a relic of former steam services on the island, runs between Wootton, Havenstreet and Smallbrook, with the main station being at Havenstreet. The standard gauge steam hauled service is more or less hourly, or half-hourly at peak season. There is a substantial railway museum at Havenstreet, with engines and rolling stock, with a &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/?p=4260\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Isle of Wight Steam Railway&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[17,18],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4260"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4269,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4260\/revisions\/4269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.daysoutblog.me.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}