Railways on the Isle of Wight Railways on the Isle of Wight There once existed a network of railway lines on the Isle of Wight. They were opened by several companies between 1862 and 1901, and all but the Island Line closed between 1952 and 1966. A further have reopened as the Isle of Wight Steam Railway. The first railway to be built on the island ran for a distance of . It was opened in 1833 on the Nash Estate near Yarmouth. Its usage is presumed to have been for transporting brickmaking materials to and from a jetty on the Solent, and it is not
Politics of the Isle of Wight collated regionally prior to MEPs being assigned under the closed list proportional representation system." Turnout on the Isle of Wight was 43,709 on an electorate of 109,796 (39.81%) The results of the 2004 European election on the Isle of Wight were as follows. "The following results are exclusively for the Isle of Wight; results are collated regionally prior to MEPs being assigned under the closed list proportional representation system." Regionally, turnout was 36.5% on an electorate of 6,087,103. For many years, there has been debate over whether or not a bridge or tunnel should connect the island with mainland Britain.