Gob-y-Deigan railway station

Gob-Y-Deigan Halt Staad Gob-Y-Deigan
Manx Northern Railway Isle of Man Railway
Location	Patrick, Isle of Man
Coordinates	54.253°N 4.633°W
Owned by	Isle of Man Railway Co.
Platforms	One, Ground Level
Tracks	One, Running Line
Construction
Structure type	Timber Shelter
Parking	None Provided
History
Opened	July 13, 1887 (1887-07-13)
Closed	late 1887?
Previous names	Manx Northern Railway Co.
Traffic
Passenger Only
Services
Shelter

Gob-Y-Deigan was a station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served a beach near Kirk Michael 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 and history

The exposed coastal section of the Manx Northern Railway between Peel Road and Glen Mooar viaduct was served by a small halt in the very early days of the railway. This section of line caused the railway company headaches over many years owing to subsidence which was regularly rectified by the dumping of used locomotive ash along the sides of the running line. This area is also cited as the reason for the railway acquiring a turntable to turn only the coaches, to equalise the weathering of paintwork at this exposed point. Today the trackbed is walkable and it has sunk even further. The halt was only short-lived and built to serve excursions for picnickers. It had no road access but did offer a basic waiting shelter, which survived in use as a lineside hut until the closure of the railway.

Route

See also

• Isle of Man Railway stations
• Manx Northern Railway

References

• "Gob-y-Deigan Halt at the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website". 
• Heavyside, Tom (August 2004). Narrow Gauge Branch Lines – Douglas to Ramsey. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-39-X. 

Coordinates: 54°15′11″N 4°37′59″W / 54.253°N 4.633°W / 54.253; -4.633 (Gob-y-Deigan)