"The Snaefell Mountain Railway has been brought to a halt by the Health and Safety at Work Inspectorate.
It comes after some services have failed to comply with the reduced operational speed of 8mph imposed after a tram lost control on Friday.
In the Health and Safety at Work Inspectorate’s statement announcing the decision this evening (Thursday), it says: ’Following an incident on the Snaefell Mountain Railway on the afternoon of Friday, August 4, 2017 and an urgent post incident review, a reduced speed limit of 8 miles per hour was introduced to facilitate the safe continuation of operations while the control system installed in the trams was examined.
Normal line speed is 12mph.
’Monitoring of compliance with the reduced operating speed has, however, identified some failures to comply with this, and an immediate halt of operations on the Snaefell Mountain Railway has been applied by the Health and Safety at Work Inspectorate.
’The prohibition will be lifted when the Snaefell Mountain Railway can demonstrate effective measures for ensuring compliance with the 8 mph speed limit.
’There will be no further comment from any party until the HSWI investigation is complete.’
We reported calls to suspend services for checks to be carried out - from Unite, the union which represents staff on the heritage railways, and one of the passengers on board the runaway tram - in this week’s Manx Independent."
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Manx Radio have also reported the story. Click Here To Read The Article.