Ryde St Johns Road P3

[DaventryRabbit]

Does This bay platform get used by any of the occssional services which start there towards Shanklin? Or is it somply a stabling Siding?
Any gen would be great
Cheers

 

[CarrotPie]

Does This bay platform get used by any of the occssional services which start there towards Shanklin? Or is it somply a stabling Siding?
Any gen would be great
Cheers

I believe it is just used as a stabling siding these days, but it may have been used a platform in the past.

 

[Gloster]

My understanding is that, until the recent rebuild, it was occasionally used for a southbound departure, most commonly for an unscheduled changeover of a unit. I believe that the biggest problem was that the signalman had to put a clip on the trap point at the south end of the bay. Whether they can still do this, I know not.

 

[P Binnersley]

A 1989 photo of the signalling diagram shows the third platform as "Down Siding" with a disc exit signal and no facing point lock. This doesn't seem to have changed since the 1967 rationalisation/electrification.

This doesn't rule out the move described by Gloster above, but it would be an exception.

 

[30907]

I believe it is just used as a stabling siding these days, but it may have been used a platform in the past.

Pre 1967 it was signalled as Down Loop.

 

[Kite159]

In the current timetable where the unit working the 2nd train per hour (Ryde Esplanade - Shanklin) where it has a little 3 hour 'rest' between 13:07 & 16:17 sitting in the bay platform during those time. That unit will shift from the bay to the regular southbound platform after the 15:51 Shanklin has departed.

 

[DaventryRabbit]

In the current timetable where the unit working the 2nd train per hour (Ryde Esplanade - Shanklin) where it has a little 3 hour 'rest' between 13:07 & 16:17 sitting in the bay platform during those time. That unit will shift from the bay to the regular southbound platform after the 15:51 Shanklin has departed.

Interesting. Thanks everyone.