Manx Electric Railway

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tram
Manx Electric Railway
image
No. 20 at Baldrine Station
Basic information
Country Isle of Man
opening 1893
operator Isle of Man Heritage Railways
Infrastructure
Route length 27.4 km
Gauge engl. 3-foot track
914 mm
Power system 550 V DC
Depots 3
business
Lines 1
Network plan
route
Legend
End station - start of the route
 0.0 Derby Castle, Douglas to Douglas Bay Horse Tramway
   
 to the Derby Castle depot
Stop, stop
 Groudle Glen to the Groudle Glen Railway
Station, station
 Valerine
Stop, stop
 Ballabeg
Stop, stop
 Fairy Cottage
Stop, stop
 South Cape
   
 from the Laxey parking area
Station, station
 Laxey transition to the Snaefell Mountain Railway
Stop, stop
 Minorca
Stop, stop
 Dhoon Glen
Stop, stop
 Ballajora
Stop, stop
 Port Lewaigue
Stop, stop
 Belle Vue
   
 from the Ramsey parking facility
End station - end of the line
 27.4 Ramsey (Plaza)

The Manx Electric Railway is an electric tram on the Isle of Man .

It was founded in 1893 and connects the town of Ramsey with the capital Douglas on the east coast of the Isle of Man . The track is 17 miles long and has a three foot (914 mm) track. The first regular trip took place on September 7, 1893.

It is the British Isles' oldest narrow-gauge vintage railroad with the oldest operational trams in the world.

history

The first section from the end of the lake promenade in Douglas to the station Groudle Glen was opened on September 7, 1893, the continuation reached Laxey in 1894. This line was in operation for five years, until 1899 the current end point Ramsey along the steep coast in the east of the island was achieved. Douglas Bay Estates Ltd. built the beginning and the supplying power station.In 1894, Douglas & Laxey Electric Tramway Co. Ltd. took over, which was renamed Isle of Man Tramways & Electric Power Co. Ltd. in the same year. (IoMT & .EP) renamed. In 1900 IoMT & .EP had to go into liquidation because of the bankruptcy of their bank and was transferred to the newly founded Manx Electric Railway Co. Ltd. sold, which took over the business in 1902. In the late 1950s, the Manx Electric Railway Co. Ltd. even in financial need, and in 1957 the island government took over the railway. A joint administration was created with the Snaefell Mountain Railway , which still exists today, called the Manx Electric Railway Board and now the Isle of Man Passenger Transport Board.

Until 2013, a mercury vapor rectifier was still in operation in a railway substation , the last of its kind in Great Britain, which was occasionally shown to the public.

present

The train is now marketed as Isle of Man Heritage Railways together with the Douglas Horse-drawn Trams and the Isle of Man Railway . Behind this concept is the Department of Tourism and Leisure of the island government, which also offers the island's buses under the name Bus Vannin.

Picture gallery

  • Railcar of the Manx Electric Railway in Douglas

  • Ramsey Plaza Station

  • Winter Saloon No. 21st

  • "Ratchet" Class Car No. 16

literature

  • Diverse rail operations on the Isle of Man. In: Eisenbahn-Revue International. No. 4, 2014, pp. 202-204.
  • Norman Jones: Scenes from the Past 17: Isle of Man Railways and Tramways Part I, The Isle of Man Railway. Foxline Publishing, 1993, ISBN 1-870119-22-3 .
  • Norman Jones: Scenes from the Past 18: Isle of Man Railways and Tramways Part II, The Isle of Man Tramway. Foxline Publishing, 1994, ISBN 1-870119-32-0 .
  • Richard Kirkman, Peter van Zeller: Isle of Man Railways. Raven Books, Ravenglass, Cumbria 1993, ISBN 0-9521624-0-7 .

swell

  • AM Goodwyn: Is This Any Way To Run A Railway? - The story of the Manx Electric Railway since 1956. (1976). Manx Electric Railway Society website. ( mers.org.im ( Memento of March 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ))
  • M. Goodwyn: Manx Electric. Platform 5 Publishing, Sheffield 1993, ISBN 1-872524-52-4 .
  • R. Hendry: Rails in the Isle of Man: A color celebration. Midland Publishing, 1993, ISBN 1-85780-009-5 .

Web links

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