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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…
FRIENDS OF HORSE TRAMWAY STATEMENT IN RESPONSE TO LOCH PROMENADE PLANNING APPLICATION: Following careful consideration and a a meeting between Friends of Douglas Bay Horse Tramway and Department of Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne MHK (with subsequent follow up questions about concerns raised by…
Manx Radio reports that Minister Gawne “Rejects MERS Claim”. The article is available to view HERE. The full interview from Manx Radio's current affairs programme 'Mandate' can be heard HERE. Meanwhile, 3FM has also covered the ongoing debate over the future of the tramway, with an interview from t…
Speaking to Howard Caine on Manx Radio's MANDATE programme on Thursday, Manx Electric Railway Society Secretary Julian Nutter expressed the concerns of thousands over the Department of Infrastructure's latest plans to rip up for ever the horse tramway tracks between the Sea Terminal and the Villa M…