Gob-y-Deigan railway station
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| Gob-Y-Deigan Halt Manx Northern Railway |
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| Opened | July 13, 1887 |
| Closed | unknown |
Gob-y-Deigan Halt was a station on the Manx Northern Railway (MNR) on the Isle of Man.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Route
| Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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| St. Germain's towards St. John's |
Manx Northern Railway | West Berk towards Ramsey |
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[edit] See also
[edit] 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.
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