which is located at the sea end of Ryde Pier and connects with cross−Solent ferry services to/from operated by Wightlink. The station has an island platform with two platform faces and two tracks, it forms part of the town's main transport interchange along with the nearby Ryde Bus Station (offering bus services to the rest of the island) and Ryde Hoverport (with cross−Solent hovercraft connections to and from Southsea). The station has one side platform in operation; a second platform, which was converted into a garden in 2015, lies adjacent to the disused track.
Although the line along the pier appears to be a typical double-track line, the eastern track was disconnected during the 2021 upgrade works. This was originally done to allow the potential placement of a co-acting signal on platform 1 within the disused track bed at Ryde Esplanade, though an alternative signalling solution was ultimately chosen. Prior to that, there was no crossover between the two tracks until immediately south of Esplanade station, meaning they were de facto two separate single-track lines, and stations.
South of Esplanade station, both tracks are operational. The line continues as double-track through Ryde via the Ryde Tunnel, bypassing the town centre to the northeast, before it reaches Ryde St John's Road station