I've Never Been To The Isle of Wight 

2:00 I love the poster stating "Your new South Western Railway has arrived" and then 1938 tube stock trundles past.

Excellent use of blue screen throughout - very convincing. As well all know, the Isle of Wight doesn’t actually exist and is just a tourism board con!

You should go to Sodor.

I went to the Isle of Wight before the "New" (1938) stock went there, when they were still using the 1923 stock. The trains were formed into 3 car trains (Known as 3 VEC units) and 4 car trains (Known as 4 TIS units) which was quite clever because when they ran as 7 coach trains in the summer they were known as 7 VEC-TIS units

With all the stations you archived something most people would never do in a life time and its a great series which i have seen people from abroad comment saying how much they have enjoyed it and im still enjoying it and watching it No matter how much you try you will never please every one Keep up the great work

I thoroughly enjoyed binge watching all of the All The Stations videos and will continue to be a subscriber to any new ones. I am looking forward to coming into the UK and experiencing at least one or two train stations while I'm there! By the way, I think the music is sooo cool! Thank you for another brilliant episode!! Cheers!

Journey back in time on the Isle of Wight's wonderful ex-Bakerloo Line Underground rolling stock which I remember from living in Queensbury, Middlesex, NW London (1943-57) where our house backed onto the line - brilliant memories of regular rides up to London.

Thank you for your generosity and sharing with us.

As an Isle of Wightian, this does look like through enough evidence! Whilst I use there trains very rarely, I can say they are quite an efficient system for the old relics they are, it was pretty even when I raced one from end to end using a motorbike on the roads!

I am from the island and so I grew up with only the Island Line train for trains as a child (and the Havenstreet Steam Railway but that is more of a tourist attraction), and I have only ever been from Ryde St. Johns or the Esplanade -> the Pier-head . Now I live it London and still find it hard to believe how common and every day trains are. They were something I got very infrequently growing up.

Lived in 20 miles from Portsmouth over 20 years of my life before I went to uni in Birmingham. And I've only been to the Isle of Wight twice - once on my own for a day just before I started Aston Uni, second time a few years back for a family holiday. The ferries and hovercraft are pretty expensive for foot passengers, I think even more so for non residents. And my mum says car ferries can cost more than a ferry to France.

This is hilarious!! You kept the gag running through the whole series (just about!) and now you've made a return trip to the island just to explain the joke!! Great stuff!!

Just came back from iow last week and been a few times love the chillaxing of the island and adore the train old school style, saving up to retire there when Im olde

Happy to see you included the island and hope that you return when you do a series on steam train lines (Havenstreet)

Much better seating on these old trains than the new TFL offerings on Underground and Overground. The ride of the train on the IOW brought back memories of riding these on the Piccadilly line into London back in the 1970s.

Isle of Wight could do with a 12.5 km single-track tunnel with Tube style stops at Portsmouth & Sothsea, Gosport, and Ryde - at parking lot off George St, near Somerfield store. Likely cost 200 million pounds. Many people will object to better access to the island, but it will boost the economies of the island, Gosport and Portsmouth.

Alderney in the Channel Islands has the only running railway in the Channel Islands. It's a single line pulled by a steam train hauling old London underground carriages from the Harbour station to the old Alderney Quarry and back to the Harbour. It only runs in the summer for tourists. Check it out.

Brading Signal Box is not in use, but has been restored by a group of local volunteers. It's only open in the summer, on selected days and hours that can be found by googling "Brading Station Heritage Centre". Its well worth a visit, for £2 you get a private tour the restored island platform and signal box and you are allowed to have a go on the levers. There is also an excellent tea room and exhibition behind the bench Geoff was filming on.

Went here with scouts a few weeks ago, was really nice. They all thought it was a bit weird obsessing about the trains but it was fun. We stayed in the Shanklin scout hut not too far from the station.

Loving the quick cuts! Very lock stock!

Oh now I get those Isle of Wight jokes you kept making. I never looked at the comments so they went right over my head xD

that cafe on sandown station is lovely,i had tea there last year on my visit to the island line (sandown has a nice pier too)

Just came back from a week away there. My dad lives there. Such a nice island

Nice montage at the start. Ropey green screen effect - lol. I'm still amazed some people were genuinely under the impression you didn't go in the first place.

Hey Geoff I’m new to your channel, I first seen your very heart touching video “choose corrour” and if was trying to promote be your self and don’t let anyone judge you You make me smile, as my life is not the best living in drum chapel in Glasgow which isn’t the most wealthy place ever , sadly I’m an alcoholic because it’s how I cope with sad feeling with my dad’s pass and sexual acts I’ve been through and a live of constantly getting disrespected and bullied which I’ve been struggling with it and done self harm as well and attempted suicide many times. Drum chapel is a horrible place, with high levels of poverty and I’ve seen your video of Glasgow and the place you were was really nice (Glasgow central) unfortunately that’s not everywhere Glasgow has the 3rd highest of child poverty in the UK I’ve had to do to illegal prostitution to make money to help my mum with cancer, I’ve tried other things to make Money but the rest ain’t working, and it’s mind blowing since I’m only 15 and I’ve been through all this pain Also this video is very interesting and I’ve subscribed to your channel Thanks Emma xx (Also remove this comment if it’s inappropriate no worries )

I wish I’d discovered your channel 2 years ago, I’d have popped along to say hello! Anyway, Island Line are getting new old underground D-stock/class230 trains like those on the Marston Vale Line, but their delivery is delayed. Also, there is a plan to reopen a couple of the closed lines by Dr Beeching.

wonderful memories of a "tube" ride on that line a few years ago. Before they introduced the new logo (not sure I really fancy it... I certainly preferred the vintage '38 tube style)?

I watch loads of your videos, like them all, some more than others. I am a walker who hopes at some point in, the near future, a few years time to do all the Thames Crossings from Gravesend to at least Staines, how would you go about it, and maybe have done a video, or would do such a video. I would start the journey from Paddingtonm or rather, Stratford International.

Passing loop at Brading used to be used before electrification, I believe. In fact it was the junction for, was it Bembridge?

Thanks mate, I was wondering why I was suddenly getting loads of comments on that video! :D

the first time I heard about the Isle of Wight was in a Beatles song when I was a kid, "When I'm 64", in the song, Paul sings "In the summer we can rent a cottage in the Isle of Wight if it's not too dear" since then I've always wanted to go there, but I don't think I'll wait till I'm 64 LOL

used to be two tracks there. i remember the end of the line after it was closed at shanklin. there was a bridge then the track was pulled up and it went round a bend into the distance. before my time when it went on to ventnor.

Nice to see the Island Line 38 stock have been given a fresh paint job by SWR. Under SWT the paintwork was a tad flaky.

Side note, the signal box at Ryde St John's Road used to be located at Waterloo East

Geoff... LOVE your videos, big fan. I keep checking RU-vid. Please say you were at IOW for the first new trains yesterday.

I've always wanted to go on those old tube trains but I still haven't been on them yet

I loved this mainly because I got to see all the stations I went to when I used to live on the Isle of Wight when I younger

I've enjoyed all of your non-trips to the Isle of Wight!

When Kenilworth opens, you’ve got to do the whole trip again. Making sure you go to the Isle of Wight as well.

Photoshop! Until you’ve done Bielefeld I won’t believe it.

I went to the Isle of Wight as a kid and we used the Island Line. The trains then were old British Rail Underground Stock that had been used on the Waterloo & City Line.

Thanks for clearing that up Geoff! So many people made such a fuss that I think that Isle of Wight-gate was bigger than the Watergate scandal!

I love going on the old trains there... Some parts of the line are super bumpy...

Do the doors open automatically like on the Underground, or manually like a National Rail train?

You didn't mention quite how bumpy the Island Line is. Charming, quaint stations and historic rolling stock but also bone-rattlingly terrifying at times!

The Island Line is so much fun the train travels fast as it’s goes in a straight line & it’s very bouncy 🙂 I love IOW.

great video iv seen all of the bonus videos and you can see that the isle of wight was filmed good work when are you going to do all the stations in northern ireland

Interesting about the 20/40 minute lop-sided clockface timetable, they removed the passing loop at Brading some years ago (but left the disued platform and bridge in situ), with the intention of running a service every 20 minutes (passing loops are in the right places for this at Ryde St John's and Sandown) but 2 or 3 of the units became unserviceable (and have since been scrapped, or canibalised for spares), which meant they no longer had enough trains to run a 20 minute headway. To run a balanced 30 minute service, they would need to pass at Brading, but as they'd already removed the loop there (!!!!) they decided on this compromise 20/40 minute arrangement until further notice!!

Stop it Geoff, you’re making me miss All The Stations!! 😥

I love the isle of wight, my grandparents live in ryde, theres lots to explore. The IOW network is South western railway.

very nice story Geoff, thnx, big fan from south africa

Last time I went to the IoW, we got off the ferry just in time to see the train pull out. A masterpiece of miscoordination! We then had to wait 40 mins for the next one.

The hiss that you can hear at 0.47 - can someone tell me what that is? It keeps happening when I film on the Doha Metro

Always love your vids Geoff, but where's your I don't even know why we're here No 3 vid??

Did you not notice the Ginkgo biloba tree @ 10:45 in the beer garden of The Railway Inn? The biggest in the county I believe

Are you able to tell me on what video you covered the Dartford Loop Line? (It was probably before I started following you on RU-vid!).

I used to catch the number 2 bus from Ryde to the school in Newport and back. I think it was a Titan bus back then though.

Back in August 2017 I Was Staying at Nodes Point Holiday Park, Right Near to Smallbrook Junction And Brading

Hi there I'm just watching you at the Isle of Wight that's funny you're here on the island line from shanklin that's where I am living at the moment but you have also done the Romford to upminster line I used to live there upminster shanklin is what 4 minutes away from me the train is really old and a rough ride I like Ryde and Newport there anyway hope you liked it here

last time i was in Shankling was 1987 a few months before the famous storm tore the pier off.

Do you think they will be getting the Piccadilly line stock here when its phased out?

Faked.

Do they still do the traditional pie and mash in the sandown station?

But to really do the isle of wight railway, you have to travel by hovercraft too, as it used to be a rail run service, as were the various ferries!

The Branch from Brading to Bembridge should have been retained and electrified with the older stock being used as a preserved electric railway

Watercress Line, bluebell Line, East lancs? They have stations

Amazing coincidence! Something about birthdays or something. Really enjoyed your USA Underground video. What was going on with your hair colour at the start?

Is that just the old tube stock from the 1930s?

Hey Geoff I watched your All the Stations series over the last fortnight and never got around to leaving any comments due to circumstance so I now would like to take this chance to congratulate you guys on a job well done, great content love the knowledge and enthusiasm and getting the chance to see all over the mainland. I live up at Ally Pally in north London and theirs some interesting railway history around here was hoping as a video in the future going to old unused railway stations and seeing what they are being used for these days just looking at the architecture of them old stations is worth it alone.

Were you not tempted on either occasion to have a go on the hovercraft?

This video is exactly three years old today.

Geoff you should make a video with all your scrap/spare footage and put it into one

Amazing what can be done with a green screen! Great video Geoff

Lol look at the comments what have you started mate ! 😂😂😂 I'm only on 16th episode and loving it well done to you both 👍

Is there a train line on Jersey and Guernsey? If so, did you make it there, Geoff?

how do they get the trains there???

Sad thing is is that those old tube trains are an improvement on the pacers.

Thank´s so much Geoff! Just a question about today: how many "normal" passengers approx was there that you saw?

Ok, I'm not going mad. Because I remembered seeing you at the Isle of Wight. Bonus video. I did that playlist. 😉

You had a separate ferry ticket - you could have just bought a train ticket from East Croydon straight through to Shanklin if you didn't need an Island Line Rover, because the ferry is still considered part of the rail network.

Best regards from London! 💗🇬🇧

Doesn’t London Underground have a couple of their retired underground trains that could be sent over to the Isle of Wight at least they would be younger

Is that white font on dark green background standard across National Rail now? I thought it was a Southern (the franchise, not the old Southern Railway) thing and Island Line was never part of the Southern franchise.

When will you go to the Isle of Mann?

On all the station can you show the Glasgow to Edinburgh line via shotts Carfin Bellshill holytown

The ticket you have listed is the Island Liner ticket which gives the holder unlimited travel on both the Island Line and the Isle of Wight Steam Railway with interchange between the two railways at Smallbrook Junction. This ticket is only available on steam railway operating days only and of course, trains only call at Smallbrook Junction on steam railway operating days as well. There is an Island Line Day Rover ticket, which can be found here: www.nationalrail.co.uk/times_fares/pr0273b53e524967855793dab563043b.aspx This is valid only on the Island Line train service and not on the Isle of Wight Steam Railway.

Does all the stations cover Northern Ireland?

Ha, I guess that means I may yet come across Taunton, Bridgwater through to Bristol somewhere. Thx

Christ there's some sad people around. Just ignore them Geoff.

Did you ever go back to Corby on the EMT line? Never saw a video of you going back

You could have gone to meet David Icke when you alighted at Ryde Eslandade.

This is like the Staten Island Railroad in New York

Great video and because you got 50,000 subscribers can you do a Q&A

Did you travel all the way to IOW just to explain this?

Wondering why you bought a seperate ticket for the ferry. You know you can buy a through ticket from any station to the Isle of Wight which includes the ferry? Much cheaper than paying for the ferry seperately.

Wonder when the IoW line going to get new trains - I did ride on one a few years ago and it was quite an experience and very tiring on the body due to the ruff ride - I do not know how the staff do it day in day out

Now you’ve done IOW, you’ll have to do the most southerly British line next - it’s only two miles long. Any idea?

Great episode Geoff very informative shame the place does not really exist in fact Blackgang is really Mordor .

How much does it cost to go from London to the IOW by train?

Did he go to Smallbrook Junction though? That's got no road and path access..