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The plight of Laxey Station has recently featured in the Isle of Man Examiner, click HERE to read the full article. Also, concrete slabs are to feature on Snaefell Summit, further details available HERE. We would like to hear your views. If you have any comments or further information on this story…
A Facebook group "Laxey Past and Present" is calling for a public meeting to discuss the current "Regeneration" of Laxey Railway Station. Public comments include "disbelief ","despair" and "shame" on the loss of our Island's heritage. "To reflect public opinion, the plans require urgent revision be…
Back in April 2012, the MER Society submitted a carefully considered objection to Planning Application 12/00514B Laxey Station. Our objection was to be ignored. If only its content had been heeded, today's public outcry would have been avoided, public money saved, and a place people knew and loved…
PRESS RELEASE “We [The Manx Electric Railway Society] have always regarded Laxey Station as being absolutely sacrosanct, as was explained to Mr Longworth on behalf of the Society when he took office. We opposed the planning application in a detailed submission which can be found on our website (HER…
Pictures have emerged of replacement kiosks which have been constructed to replace those removed from Laxey MER station at the end of the 2014 season. The appearance of these emulates the rustic construction of the originals, and will complement the station building which despite massive change all…
UNWANTED, UNNECESSARY, POINTLESS… Condemned online and elsewhere, the 'degeneration' of Laxey MER station continues, as scarce government resources are directed in the wrong direction in a move that must surely rank as one of the most misguided exercises in recent times.
The plan to construct a "transport interchange, including tram and bus station, car park, bus parking facilities and bus refuelling and washing facilities at Ramsey" has been rejected. The Council of Ministers met on 19th February 2015 to consider the recommendations of the Planning Inspector and d…
The £1.2 million project to carry out significant repairs and refurbishment on the 52 metre long bridge at Ballure is progressing well. Around 75% of steelwork repairs have been completed while the whole structure has been cleaned by grit blasting and painted with high integrity marine-standard coa…
David Archer, a regular Island visitor for 55 years has recently contacted the MER Society and has kindly provided the following comments and thoughts concerning the work currently taking place in Laxey Station. "It greatly saddens me to see this destruction of a once timeless and absolutely pricel…