Station Details for Ryde Esplanade

Station Alerts

• The ticket office and disabled toilet at Ryde Esplanade will be closing at 1500 on Sunday 3 May 2026. There will also be no waiting room or platform assistance available on this day.

  There will be no platform assistance or waiting room available at Ryde Esplanade from Tuesday 5 to Friday 8 May 2026.

Station Accessible information

• Step-free category: Category A
  

  Step-free access category A.

  There is step-free access to the platform via a short (3.3m) ramp (1:13 gradient).

• Helpline: Yes
• Help Points: 1
• Induction Loop: Induction loops are at designated listening areas
• Accessible Toilets: Yes
• Changing Places: No
• Staff Assistance:
• Train Ramp:
• Tactile Paving:
• Wheelchairs Available: Yes
• Passenger Assistance:

  • Ticket Office (Staffed Hours)

    .

    Please go to the ticket office during staffed hours. If no staff are available, make your way to the platform.

• Staff Help:
• Mobility set down: 1
• Accessible ticket counters:
  • Ticket hall. There is no Low-Level counter here
• Accessible ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse. There is space in front of the ticket machine to manoeuvre a wheelchair. The controls are at a suitable height for wheelchair users
• Printed local info: There is no printed information available

Station General information

• Station operator: Island Line
• Ticket office:
  • Monday 05:25-19:00
  • Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday 06:10-19:00
  • Saturday 06:15-17:15
  • Sunday 07:30-18:00
• Ticket machines:
  • Ticket buying and collection, Concourse
• Collect online booked tickets: Yes
• Sheltered waiting available: Yes
• Staffing level: Unstaffed
• Toilets:
  • Toilet. This toilet is accessed with a RADAR key. The toilet entry handles may be operated by most people
• Baby changing available: No
• Transport links:
  • Replacement Bus.

    During planned engineering work and unplanned disruption, rail replacement buses will use the following bus stops

    To Ryde Pier Head: a shuttle bus will operate from the 20 minutes bay near the entrance to the pier.

    To Ryde St Johns Road, Brading, Sandown, Lake and Shanklin: from Bus Stand D in the Bus Station.

  • Bus.

    Information to plan your onward journey is available in a printable format here

  • Taxi.
• CCTV available: Yes
• WiFi available:

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• Refreshments: 1
• Shops:
• Luggage storage: No
• Lost property: Yes
• ATM machine: Yes
• Currency exchange: No
• Postbox: No
• Defibrillator available: No
• Trolleys available: No
• Cycle storage available: No
• Car parks:
• Taxi rank available: Yes
• Customer information screens:
  • Departure Screens

Station lift information

• No lift information available