Road, Rail, Sea and Air
IN WHAT WILL BE TO THE DISAPPOINTMENT OF MANY, plans to radically modernise Douglas Steam Railway Station Booking Hall have been granted a conditional go ahead, following a decision of the Independent Planning Inspector issued last week. Pending final approval by the Council of Ministers and provis…
Deatails have been published of the 2015 MANX HERITAGE TRANSPORT FESTIVAL - July 29th to August 2nd 2015. A leaflet detailing the event is summarised below - and full up-to-date information from the Official Website. An original welcomeMER: (Timetable D/E) • 09:00 depart Derby Castle • 09:18 arrive…
LATEST to join the ranks of ex-Isle of Man Transport buses adapted for further use is the 'Touring Tea Bus' - a 1988 all-Leyland Olympian - pictured on what is believed to be it's first day in its new guise. According to the new operator's website: "The touring tea Bus is the first of a kind on the…
THE LATEST ISSUE of "LAXEY VIEWS", a free community newsletter features the MER station on the front page of the April edition. The newsletter which is the work of three villagers, Jackie Baker, Kerry Sharpe and Joanne Clague, features quotes from the MER Society and the local MHK for the area, cur…
Friday March 20th saw the start of the 2015 operations on the MER. Services will continue until Sunday November 8th. Snaefell services began on Friday March 27th. Since the start of operations passengers have been able to see for themselves work which has been done at Laxey station this winter incl…
Leyland Leopard 465 arrived on the Island March 24th, for preservation by prolific preservationist John Davis. The 36-foot-long vehicle had been towed (engine running to provide brakes) to Heysham behind a PD2 tow bus, and was driven on to the Ben-My-Chree before making the short journey to former…
One of the few remaining Isle of Man Leyland Nationals, long withdrawn 24 (MAN 24H) has moved to a site opposite an Island scrapyard, its service days clearly over. One of a batch of seven delivered to the erstwhile Isle of Man Road Services in 1976, and the last new buses added to that fleet prior…
BALMORAL to return to IOM this summer - volunteers needed Plans are now well advanced for the 1949-built classic coastal excursion ship MV BALMORAL to return to the Island at the end of June and to offer a Tynwald Day Excursion to Whitehaven. Her last visit was in 2012, after which she was withdraw…
There's a chance to see a recently discovered promotional film during the Rush Hour on the Railways event being held this Easter. The film, thought to date back to 1960, will be screened as part of a nostalgic evening at the Manx Museum on Good Friday evening (3 April 2015). During the Unique Eveni…