Balladromma Beg Halt

Balladromma Beg Halt
Staad Balladromma Beg
Manx Electric Railway
Location Lonan, Isle Of Man
Coordinates Pole Nos. 178-179
Owned by Isle Of Man Railways
Platforms Ground Level
Tracks Two Running Lines
Construction
Structure type Demolished
Parking None
History
Opened 1896 (1896)
Previous names Manx Electric Railway Co.

Balladromma Beg is an intermediate stopping place on the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.

Alias

The halt is sometimes referred to as "Halfway House" in reference to the nearby public house and one-time coaching house, now known as the Liverpool Arms.

Facilities

Today it remains as a request stop marked by a solitary sign denoting the fact, and a post box mounted in a concrete pillar, a remnant of the days when the railway held the contract for mail collection which it held until 1975 when winter closure necessitated its demise. The station once had a waiting shelter for passengers which took the form of a traditional M.E.R. style corrugated iron hut. This was installed circa 1900 but has long since been demolished. Nearby is a modern bus shelter used for the island's Bus Vannin services which doubles up as a shelter for waiting tram passengers at this rural location.

Traffic

The majority of traffic at this spot is gleaned from customers to the nearby public house which was often reached by tramcar until relatively recently when timetable cutbacks and modifications ensured that this was no longer viable for most, bus services being preferred.

Location

To the immediate north of the halt, the railway crosses the main Douglas-Laxey road for the first time, the halt itself sits to the north of an un-gated level crossing carrying the Douglas-Baldrine coast road. At one time this was a railway-operated toll road.

Route

Preceding station   Manx Electric Railway   Following station
Eskadale   Douglas - Ramsey   Scarffe's Crossing

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations

References

Sources

Coordinates: 54°12′N 4°25′W / 54.200°N 4.417°W / 54.200; -4.417


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