Crosby railway station

Crosby Railway Station
Stashoon Crosby
Isle Of Man Railway
Station statistics
Address Station Road, Crosby IM4 5ED.
Lines Peel Line
Structure Station Building & Goods Shed
Platforms Two, Ground Level
Tracks Two Running Lines & Various Sidings
Parking Roadside
Other information
Opened 1st July 1873
Closed 9th September 1968
Rebuilt 1902
Owned by Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd.]
Services
Toilets, Waiting Room, Booking Facilities

Crosby Station was an intermediate stop on the Isle of Man Railway; it served the village of Crosby in the Isle of Man and was a stopping place on a line that ran between Douglas and Peel. It was part of the island's first railway line.

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Description

This station boasted its own cattle dock, siding and station building, the latter of which was made to the same design as the station building at St John's. The station last operated in 1968. At the eastern end of the station, beyond the points of the passing loop, the line crossed the road to Ellerslie Depot and the stone crossing hut is all that survives of the railway infrastructure today.

Closure

When the line closed, a group of lads from Merseyside removed the station nameboard and to this day it is believed to hang on the wall of the scout headquarters in the Liverpool suburb that shares its name.

Environs

The site of the former station is now on the perimeter of the local playing fields at the bottom of a valley that shortly thereafter climbs steeply to the old school house, now a languages centre. The local methodist chapel is located on the same road and since the line's closure a cricket pavilion and meeting rooms have been erected nearby. The public toilets for the village and war memorial also stand at the end of the road, which adjoins the world-famous T.T. course at its end.

Route

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Ballacraine
towards
Peel		   Isle Of Man Railway
Peel Line		   Union Mills
towards
Douglas

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