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New Drone Footage Shows Progress On Ryde Pier As Work Approaches Final Phase

A video has been released showing the latest updates to Ryde Pier.

The drone footage shows the pier as it approaches its final phase, with handrails and shelters to be installed along the tramway.

Decking has been laid about a third of the way up the pier, with works expected to be finished next month.

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Engineers have so far reinstated 172 metres of track and 280 sleepers following the repairs and painting of the steelwork.

The 143-year-old, 686-metre-long Victorian pier has been closed to Island Line services since October 2022 for a programme of steelwork strengthening and track renewals.

Network Rail and South Western Railway (SWR) say the stations will open no later than June 10, in time for the start of the summer holidays and Isle of Wight Festival.

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