Sulby Glen railway station
| Sulby Glen Station Stashoon Glion Sulby Manx Northern Railway / Isle Of Man Railway |
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| Station statistics | |
| Address | Isle Of Man |
| Structure | Station Building & Goods Shed |
| Platforms | 2 (Ground Level) |
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| Opened | 1st July 1879 |
| Closed | 6th September 1968 |
Sulby Glen was a station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served the village of Sulby in the Isle of Man and was an intermediate stopping place on a line that ran between St. John's and the northern town or Ramsey.
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[edit] Description
This station is unique among the Manx Northern Railway's stations; when constructed it was of corrugated iron but this was later replaced with a non-prototypical building with built-in canopy.
[edit] Rebuild
The original building which was installed at the time of opening was later deemed to have been located too close to the running line and was rebuilt at the turn of the century, making it unique in style among the stations on the line.
[edit] Today
today, as a private dwelling, what was the platform has had a wall added to make another room to the house but the original structure and purpose can clearly be seen from the nearby footpath the follows the trackbed. There was also a corrugated hut here as a goods shed/store and this is also still extant.
[edit] Layout
As the next station either side were provided with passing loops, this station ran straight through. It was closed along with all other stations in 1968 and converted to a private dwelling thereafter.
[edit] Route
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| Ballavolley Halt towards St. John's |
Manx Northern Railway later Isle of Man Railway |
Sulby Bridge towards Ramsey |
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[edit] References
- "Subterranea Britannica - Closed Station". http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/r/sulbyglen/index.shtml.
