Douglas Horse Tramway 2014
Full details of this season's tramway service, tickets and fares can be found on the Douglas Corporation Website by clicking HERE
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Douglas Horse Tramway 2014
2014 Snaefell Mountain Railway Services
Summer 2014 services on the Snaefell Mountain Railway commenced today as planned, the overhead at Laxey station being strung up and completed over the last week. Two cars climbed the hill ahead of the first scheduled tram, including car 1 which was working a private charter. Visibility at the summi…
Summer season 2014 services commence on the Manx Electric Railway.
Yesterday saw the launch of this year's summer services on the electric railway following some considerable last minute effort to get the line fully operational. Repairs to the damaged track bed at Ballaglass were completed earlier in the week, whilst the last section of overhead (for the main MER…
Trackwork at Mines Road, Laxey
Meanwhile track, cross-over and siding is being laid between Laxey Nos 2 & 3 crossings, whilst the bed remains prepared between Nos1 & 2 crossings. Future shunting of trams and trailers at Laxey will occur at this location, rather than at the station, and appears to involve several movements across…
Laxey Station Relay
Compacted gravel surfaces are beginning to take shape at the south end of the station, whilst there is some evidence of overhead stringing. New overhead poles planted throughout the station are larger than previously seen on the site and are distinctly more visible. Perhaps when these are painted g…
3 Weeks To Go........................
With just over three weeks until the scheduled start of Manx Electric Railway summer 2014 services, efforts to complete the track relay at Laxey station continue. Inside the main station area most of the track has been laid, ballasted and packed. Looking south the altered track positioning can clea…
Delay to the MER Laxey-Ramsey service?
During bad weather around two months ago a landslip occurred in the vicinity of Ballaglass power station affecting the Manx Electric track bed, and stopping tram use over that area. With no passenger service this winter, there was no immediate operating impact, although it should have been obvious…
Website Updates
Further additions have been made to our MER Photo Albums. Check out our Photographic Review of the 1993 MER Centenary Cavalcade at Laxey and our New Feature on the MER's Post Nationalisation Green Livery.
Laxey Station Relay
Progress with the track relay at Laxey station continues, with the new shape of the layout beginning to take effect. Looking towards the site of the long lost cafe and the edge of the Mines Tavern public house beer garden a couple of weeks ago, the line of the MER main tracks are visible, whilst po…