Sulby Glen railway station

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 Ramsey.

Sulby Glen Railway Station
Stashoon Raad-Yiarn Glion Sulby
The Isle of Man Railway Co., Ltd.
The Manx Northern Railway Co., Ltd.
LocationStation Road, Sulby
Coordinates54.319°N 4.491°W
Owned byIsle of Man Railway Co.
Line(s)North Line
PlatformsOne, Raised
TracksOne & Siding
Construction
Structure typeStation & Goods Shed
ParkingNone Provided
History
Opened23 September 1879
Closed6 September 1968
Rebuilt1903
Previous namesManx Northern Railway Co.
Passengers Waiting Room / Toilets / Booking Hall
Services
Passenger / Goods / Freight

Layout

As the next stations on both sides were provided with passing loops, this station ran straight through.

Station building

The original station building, built from corrugated iron at the time of opening, was later deemed to be too close to the running line, and was rebuilt at the turn of the 20th century with a different style of building with a built-in canopy, making it unique in style among the Manx Northern Railway's stations.

Today

The station was closed, along with all other stations on the line, in 1968 and later converted to a private dwelling. The former platform has had a wall added to make another room for 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.

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

See also

References

    • "Subterranea Britannica - Closed Station".

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