Tynwald Approval For New Horse Tramway Depot - DOI To Operate Tramway Indefinitely Manx Radio - Tuesday 20th November 2019

Line up of Douglas horse trams outside Strathallan depot during July 1984, including bulkhead car 45, saloon 27, tram shop 22 and open toastrack cars 31/38 and 40. By this time car 31 was normally restricted to horse training or sundry non passenger roles, and regrettably would not survive much longer, being broken up by the Corporation outside the depot during January 1987. (Photo: Richard Dodge)

Horse Tram depot to cost up to £1.5million

"Tynwald has approved spending up to £1.5 million pounds to reconstruct the Strathallan Horse Tram depot on Queen's Promenade.

The current building was described as being in a dire state of disrepair.

The court also voted in favour of an amendment from Tim Baker MHK, which says the Department of Infrastructure should run the horse trams from next year, with no limit on how many years they do so for.

Both moves seem to secure the horse tram operations on Douglas Promenade for the foreseeable future.

The one member to vote against the proposal was Ramsey MHK Lawrie Hooper, who proposed an economic assessment on the value of the horse trams - his amendment failed to win support"

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