A similar story with Smallbrook Junction on the Isle of Wight, but with the added bonus that the train to change onto is steam powered.
Railways on the Isle of Wight are fun anyway. Because of low tunnels, they use converted 1938 vintage London Underground stock for their ordinary service trains. And you can get a ticket from the end of the ferry pier to the shore, which is one of the shortest and cheapest ‘mainline’ journeys in Britain. As possession of an annual ‘gold card’ season ticket issued in London and the South East has a number of fringe benefits, quite a few of them are issued for just that journey…
