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The Isle of Man Railway (IMR) (Manx: Raad Yiarn Vannin) ... seven trains each way on the three main routes was the usual winter timetable in the 1920s and 30s. From ...
Map all coordinates in "List of Isle of Man railway lines and locations" using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) Main article: Rail transport in the Isle of Man The Isle of Man has many railway lines, both current and historical. This is a list of those lines intended to carry passengers, either for public ...
The Isle of Man has a rich transport heritage and boasts the largest narrow-gauge railway network in the British Isles [1] with several historic railways and tramways still in operation. These operate largely to what is known as "Manx Standard Gauge" ( 3 ft [ 914 mm ] narrow gauge ) [ 2 ] and together they comprise about 65 miles (105 km) of ...
James I.C. Boyd Isle Of Man Railway, Volume 3, The Routes & Rolling Stock (1996) ISBN 0-85361-479-2; Norman Jones Scenes from the Past: Isle of Man Railway (1994) ISBN 1-870119-22-3; Robert Hendry Rails in the Isle of Man: A Colour Celebration (1993) ISBN 1-85780-009-5; A.M Goodwyn Manx Transport Kaleidoscope, 2nd Edition (1995)
The railway initially considered building its southern route only as far as Castletown which had served as the capital of the Island and seat of parliament until the previous decade and is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the east of Port Erin, but due to increasing tourism on the island, especially at the seaside resorts of Port Erin and the nearby Port St. Mary, the line was extended all the ...
By far the most scenic route operated by the railway, it featured two viaducts at Glen Wyllin and Glen Mooar and was nearly 17 miles in length. The railway ran independently until 1905 when the Isle of Man Railway took over operations, together with the amalgamation of the Foxdale Railway , thereby controlling the entire steam railway network ...
One of the characteristics of the Isle of Man Railway is the numerous level crossings and farm crossings along the various routes; many smaller crossing places are marked only by gates that criss-cross farm land and provide access to private roads connecting the farms to the main roads. Being largely rural in nature the railway has many of ...
Castletown Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Valley Chashtal) is an intermediate station on the Isle of Man Railway on the Isle of Man forming part of sole remaining section of the once extensive network that operated across the island. The station is the busiest of the railway's intermediate stations, being the closest to a number of ...