Sulby Bridge Station Stashoon Droghad Sulby Manx Northern Railway / Isle of Man Railway |
|
---|---|
Station statistics | |
Address | Station Approach, Sulby, Isle Of man |
Platforms | 2 |
Other information | |
Opened | September 23, 1879 |
Closed | September 6, 1968 |
Sulby Bridge 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.
Contents |
Sulby Bridge station was opened at the same time as the MNR's St. John's to Ramsey line on September 23, 1879 . The station was provided with a sandstone building, in the same style as those at Kirk Michael and Ballaugh, and is still extant as a private residence. The station served the hamlet of Sulby, as did nearby Sulby Glen railway station, but also boasted a long passing loop and, until the early 1960s, a goods siding.
Along with the rest of the Isle of Man Railway network, the station and line was closed on November 13, 1965
but reopened on June 3, 1967 . The station finally lost its passenger service, along with all the other stations on the Ramsey line, on September 6, 1968 . The line through the station remained open for a service of oil tanks until October 1969 , when the Ramsey line was finally closed.The rails were lifted in 1974 and the trackbed is now a public right of way.
Nothing remains of the station site today and the area has been redeveloped.
Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Sulby Glen towards St. John's |
Manx Northern Railway later Isle of Man Railway |
Lezayre towards Ramsey |