Dull numbers

So having decided to tamper with history a bit, there is the question of how much of our reality do I keep.

Well to start with, let us look at the population of the Isle of Wight and its distribution compared with the railway system at its height.

Town/village	Pop\K
Isle of Wight	140
Ryde	30
Newport	23
Cowes	17
Shanklin	8
Ventnor	7
Sandown	5
Freshwater	5
Bembridge	4
Wooten	4
Totland	3
Brading	2
Yarmouth	1

Yarmouth, Ryde and Cowes are also busy ferry ports, and Newport has/had a busy dock yard (and a slightly dodgy swing bridge for the railway). Fishbourne has a car ferry terminal but the nearest station is Wooten.

I suspect the above figures do not include all of the Newport Sprawl (Carisbrooke etc.).

All population counts from Wikipedia, 27 March 2011.