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    TIME TRAVELLER

    Oct 15, 2019 3 minutes

    50 YEARS AGO... NOVEMBER 1969

    Steam had finished at the end of 1966 and Class 485/486 EMUs (ex-London Underground 1923 Stock) took over on the remaining line from Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin in March 1967. But from November 30, 1969, further rundown saw conductor-guards were introduced on all trains, from which date ticket offices were closed for the winter at all island stations. Despite all that, the line has clung on for

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