Road, Rail, Sea and Air
‘Bill Shimmins questioned why the government had decided to keep the horse-drawn trams running during the two-year renovation project. Access to many businesses along the seafront has been severely disrupted. Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer said the government would work with firms to "mitigate…
Work described as 'challenging' 'An senior infrastructure official says completing the 'rail corridor' along Douglas promenade is their current priority. Director of Highway Services at the Department of Infrastructure is Jeff Robinson. The two-year regeneration project is now in its tenth month. M…
Recent newspaper articles and TV interviews along with personal observations have prompted the writing of the following contribution from an interested but totally independent observer. “Having studied the meticulously prepared detailed plans of the first stage of the Horse Tramway Renewal project,…
‘The space taken up by the newly relaid horse tram tracks on Douglas promenades is wider.’ “But transport chiefs insist this won’t reduce the width of the road, and the carriageway for traffic will actually be wider in places than it was before. Some 1,000 metres of track have now been laid for the…
Manx Transport Review No.97 Winter/Spring 2019 is being distributed FREE to Full Members of the Manx Electric Railway Society - see HOME page for membership details. It is also available from selected Island and UK bookshops, or direct from the Manx Electric Railway Society (£5.95 + £1.95 p&p) - pl…
Bid to deregister Groudle Glen Hotel “The owner of the Groudle Glen Hotel is seeking to have the building removed from the Protected Buildings Register, only weeks after it was added. The building was registered in April by the Department of Environment, Food and Agriculture which claimed it had ’s…
Historic Service Resumes In Time For TT Festival. The 2019 Douglas Bay Horse Tramway season commenced today (Friday, May 24, 2019), one month later than originally planned. Recently refurbished saloon car No.29 which looks very smart in its red and cream livery, inaugurated a truncated service alon…
Work continues on Douglas promenade in preparation for the return of the horse trams. For quite possibly the first time in history, a Manx Electric Railway car has operated along a section of the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. Earlier this afternoon, MER works car No.34 which was operating under diesel…
CHILDREN’S AUTHOR RETURNS TO ISLE OF MAN RAILWAYS WITH STEAM PACKET COMPANY SUPPORT “Children at four island primary schools are to be treated to an action-packed week of railway activities this week. Well-known children’s author Chris Vine is conducting hands-on track building workshops, engineeri…