Rail transport in the Isle of Man

Map of main railways in the Isle of Man
Railways and tramways of the Isle of Man
 Principal stations and interchanges only 
Orchid Line
details
not shown
Ramsey(MNR)
Queen's Pier Tramway
(SMR)Snaefell Summit
Ramsey(MER)
Kirk Michael
Great Laxey Mine Railway
Laxey
Sea Lion Rocks(GGR)
Groudle
Lhen Coan
(IoMR)Peel
Knockaloe
(IoMR)St. John's
St. John's(MNR)
(FR)Foxdale
Derby Castle
Broadway(UDCT)
Sea Terminal(DBHT) ferry/water interchange
Douglas
Douglas Head(DSET)
Port Soderick
Ronaldsway
for Isle of Man Airport
Castletown
Port Erin

See also Transport in the Isle of Man.

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 Victorian railways and tramways. The Isle of Man Railway Museum in Port Erin allows people to find out more about the history of the Manx railways, and was until 1998 accompanied by a similar museum in Ramsey, which was dedicated to the history of the electric line, but this was closed and converted into a youth club. The steam railway to the south of the island, electric to the north and mountain line to the summit of Snaefell, the island's only mountain, are all government-owned, and operated under the title Isle of Man Railways, as a division of the island's Department of Infrastructure. The lines at Groudle Glen and Curraghs Wildlife Park are both privately owned but open to the public.[3]

Lines

Most lines have "Manx Standard Gauge" of 3 ft (914 mm).

Name Dates Gauge
Snaefell Mountain RailwaySince 18953 ft 6 in (1,067 mm)
Groudle Glen RailwaySince 18962 ft (610 mm)
Manx Electric RailwaySince 18933 ft (914 mm)
Isle of Man RailwaySince 18733 ft (914 mm)
Douglas Bay Horse TramwaySince 18763 ft (914 mm)
Great Laxey Mine RailwaySince 187719 in (483 mm)
The Orchid LineSince 1992Various
Upper Douglas Cable TramwayUntil 19293 ft (914 mm)
Douglas Southern Electric TramwayUntil 19394 ft 8 in (1,422 mm)

Other closed railways, such as the Manx Northern Railway, and railways that are not open to the public, such as the Crogga Valley Railway, are not shown in this table.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Herring, Peter (2004). Yesterday's Railways. David & Charles. pp. 270–272. ISBN 978-0-7153-1733-4.
  2. ↑ Railways in the United Kingdom
  3. ↑ The Manx Steam & Model Engineering Club Archived 16 March 2011 at Archive.is
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