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SUMMARY Boosting income attributable to the Island’s heritage railways by attracting more visitors and increasing ridership has been done before and can reliably be done again Increasing fares and cutting routes and services will have the opposite effect YEAR OF RAILWAYS 1993 promotion brought 25,0…
Road, Rail, Sea and Air
Later this month, the Department of Infrastructure is requesting Tynwald’s approval for £2.5 million to restore the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway to the Sea Terminal - and finish a job previously approved by Tynwald back in 2017. Now, almost a decade on from that original vote, the Register of Business…
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Passengers on the Manx Electric now have yet another reason to travel, thanks to the reopening of a once-popular pub which is now a café. The Liverpool Arms, located along the A2 coastal road between Onchan and Baldrine, closed in 2017, with the landlord blaming a decline in trade, ‘particularly ov…
The Snaefell Mountain Railway played a key part in a rescue when, just after 1pm on Monday June 22nd, an emergency call alerted services to the stricken walker who had suffered a leg injury. Medical staff were ferried up Snaefell Mountain by the mountain railway after a walker was reported injured.…
Treasury has been instructed to return to Tynwald in July with a capital funding request to complete reinstating the horse tram tracks. During an evening session of Tynwald on June 17th, politicians reviewed the draft business case presented by the Department of Infrastructure for laying the track…
The twelve-page “Heritage Business Case - Douglas Bay Horse Tramway Continuation to the Sea Terminal” will be the subject of a Supplementary Order Paper at this month's sitting of Tynwald on June 16th. The Minister for Infrastructure, Tim Crookall MHK, is to move that ‘Tynwald notes the draft busin…
“MHKs have questioned the cost of reinstating the horse tram tracks along the full length of Douglas Promenade with one saying it's a ‘bit of a nonsense’. The Department of Infrastructure is now claiming it could cost up to £3 million to lay the section between the War Memorial and the Sea Terminal…
“The contingency budget allocated to the reinstatement of the horse tram tracks has been ‘significantly increased’. The Department of Infrastructure says it’s followed a Treasury recommendation because of the ‘volatile global financial climate’. It’s now estimating that it will cost £3 million to r…
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23 was reactivated again in 1993 courtesy of the motors and trucks from Ratchet Car 17. The Loco ran a limited number of demonstration trips during the MER's Centenary year, as well as participating in the Centenary Procession. 23 is seen stabled on the Groudle Siding at Derby Castle shortly before…
A 1995 view of a genuine 1894 combination in the form of Tunnel Car 6 and Bulkhead Trailer 37. 6 remains in regular seasonal use, unfortunately the delightful Trailer 37 which was last repainted in 1993 is stored pending attention to its axles. (Photo: MERS Collection)
Trailer 44 and Paddlebox Car 27 pass through Ballabeg, whilst operating a southbound journey on 23rd August 1978. 44 sports an Isle of Man Railways crest on it's dash panel. The warning lights for the crossing, where the MER crosses the main Douglas/Laxey road can just be seen in the background. (P…
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