Sulby Glen railway station

Sulby Glen Station
Stashoon Glion Sulby
Manx Northern Railway
Isle of Man Railway
Location Station Road, Sulby
Coordinates 54.319°N 4.491°W
Owned by Isle of Man Railway Co.
Line(s) North Line
Platforms One, Raised
Tracks One & Siding
Construction
Structure type Station & Goods Shed
Parking None Provided
History
Opened 23 September 1879
Closed 6 September 1968
Rebuilt 1903
Previous names Manx Northern Railway Co.
Traffic
Waiting Room / Toilets / Booking Hall
Services

Passenger / Goods / Freight

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.

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.

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 20th century, making it unique in style among the stations on the line.

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 that follows the trackbed. There was also a corrugated hut here as a goods shed/store and this is also still extant.

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.

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ballavolley Halt
towards
St. John's
  Manx Northern Railway
later
Isle of Man Railway
  Sulby Bridge
towards
Ramsey

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Coordinates: 54°19′08″N 4°29′28″W / 54.319°N 4.491°W / 54.319; -4.491

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