INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER ‘SLAMMED’ FOR TREATMENT OF HORSE TRAMS
Island radio station 3FM reports on the recent Press Release from the MERS. To read the article click HERE.
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INFRASTRUCTURE MINISTER ‘SLAMMED’ FOR TREATMENT OF HORSE TRAMS
PRESS RELEASE FROM THE MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAY SOCIETY
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…
SMR Resumes Normal Working.
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.
'All About The Manx Electric Railway Society'
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...
Tramway & Transport Book Sale
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…
Bushy’s supports horse trams on 2016 TT sticker
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 ARCHIVE ****UPDATE****
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…
Manx Heritage Transport Festival 2016
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.
DOUGLAS BAY HORSE TRAMWAY - EXPLANATORY SUMMARY OF SUBMISSIONS ON BEHALF OF THE MANX ELECTRIC RAILWAY SOCIETY
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…