Brading

RAILWAY ACCIDENT INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED AFTER 2 …

An investigation has been launched by the Rail Accident Investigation Branch after 2 workers were injured on Island Line last month.
During the early hours of Wednesday 22nd November, a road-rail vehicle (RRV) collided with a hand trolley which had …

THE LAST TRAINS DEPARTED FROM FRESHWATER AND …

The railway lines between Brading – Bembridge and Newport – Freshwater saw their final passenger trains depart on Sunday 20th September 1953 – 70 years ago today.
The train on the 12-mile-long Newport to Freshwater line left the crowded West Wight t…

INTERIM DRIVING BAN FOR BRADING MAN FOUND PASSED …

A Brading man who claimed he didn’t know how cocaine got into his system, believing his drink was spiked, has been handed an interim driving ban after admitting crashing his Transit van.
George Pipes, 32, of Quay Lane in Brading, pleaded guilty to d…

VAN CRASHES HEAD-ON INTO RAILWAY BRIDGE WALL NEAR …

Police have been called to a single vehicle crash on the outskirts of Brading this morning (Saturday) in which a van has collided with a concrete wall.
The incident has occurred on Rowborough Lane and has seen a Harsco Rail-branded Renault Kangoo cr…