Looking north from the northern end of the Island Line platofrm at Smallbrook Junction station on the Isle of Wight. The Isle of Wight Steam Railway platform is on the left.<br>
The entire purpose of this station, constructed in 1994, is to serve as an interchange between the two railways. There is no road or footpath access so the station is open only when both Island Line and Isle of Wight Steam Railway trains are operating.<br>
Although the steam trains are of mainline guage and the electric trains of tube guage, and the platforms for the former consequently higher, the difference is not quite as great as this picture might suggest - the rails for the steam railway are at approximately the level of the Island Line platform.
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Photo by <a href="mailto:cmckenna@sucs.org?subject=rail-photo at railfaneurope.net">Chris McKenna</a> 05/06/2006.<br>
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