Road, Rail, Sea and Air
DOUGLAS HORSE TRAMWAY PLANNING APPLICATION Mr Gawne, the Minister who, fresh from his victory in forcing horrible and unnecessary modernisation of the Steam Railway Station, has been encouraged to put himself forward as a Champion of the Horse Tramway, and has now set a planning agenda to reduce th…
Following the floods in December which devastated the Snaefell Mountain Railway, work has progressed to allow the line to return to normal operation in time for the TT Festival. Watch the report on Manx.Net.
Further updates have been made to 'All About The Manx Electric Railway Society'. The article is available for public viewing at:- https://mers.org.im/pages/index/view/id/78/All%20A...
Manx Electric Railway Society members may be interested to discover that the National Tramway Museum at Crich has amassed a large collection of duplicate books and journals, which they would like to sell to raise funds for the TMS Library and Archive.The majority of the books are tramway related, a…
Isle of Man Today reports: "Bushy’s Brewery will be supporting the campaign to save the island’s horse trams with a ‘Tram Tastic’ design to feature on its TT merchandise. Bushy’s boss Martin Brunnschweiler said he hopes the ‘Tram Tastic’ design, which will be printed on thousands of T-shirts, 100,0…
Mann Tram was the forerunner of Manx Transport Review, the current MERS journal. The first issue of Mann Tram edited by George Hearse and dated June 1973, was published in the form of a foolscap newsheet. With increased circulation, from issue No.16 with Mike Goodwyn taking over as editor, Mann Tra…
Details are now available online for this year's Manx Heritage Transport Festival. Please visit the Isle of Man Bus & Rail and VISIT ISLE OF MAN websites for more information.
Planning Application 16/00379/B 1st April 2016 Douglas Promenade from Sea Terminal, Loch Promenade and Harris Promenade, Douglas. 1. The Manx Electric Railway Society objects to the above planning application upon the following grounds; 1.1. If this application is permitted the Douglas Bay Horse Tr…
It's on its way — the next issue of the Island's leading transport journal ! Laxey Station, Douglas Station, floods (bus 20), Snaefell 3, Horse Trams, and more…