Index
- St Johns to Ramsay Home
- St Johns
- Peel Road
- St Germain's
- Gob-y-Deigan Halt
- West Berk Level Crossing
- Kirk Michael
- Bishopscourt Halt
- Ballaugh
- Ballavolley Halt
- Sulby Glen
- Sulby Bridge
- Lezayre
- Ramsay
- Waterfall Halt
- Foxdale
Foxdale
(1886 - 1943)
Foxdale was a terminus station situated on a 2.5 mile branch line that ran up to St Johns. It opened on August 17 1886 having been sponsored
by the Foxdale Railway Company who made a connection with the Manx Northern Railway at St Johns
The line was built to serve mines at Foxdale which closed in 1911 but a station was provided from the beginning. It consisted of a single platform and a substantial brick building. At the time of opening there were hopes that the line would be extended south to Castletown on the east coast of the island but this idea never materialised. From the outset the Manx Northern Railway operated the line first on behalf of the Foxdale Company but later when the company went bankrupt, they operated it for the receiver
Although throughout the first half of the 20th century, the Isle of Man Railway network was very busy, particularly in the summer the Foxdale Branch was, in terms of passenger traffic, the exception. A couple of trains per day consisting of one coach became the norm
From 1940, many of the advertised train services were actually replaced by a bus and in 1943 passenger services were withdrawn. Between May 16 1940 and 1943 the station also served a military camp. The line continued to be used by goods services up to 1960
The line is now a footpath and cycle track
The line was built to serve mines at Foxdale which closed in 1911 but a station was provided from the beginning. It consisted of a single platform and a substantial brick building. At the time of opening there were hopes that the line would be extended south to Castletown on the east coast of the island but this idea never materialised. From the outset the Manx Northern Railway operated the line first on behalf of the Foxdale Company but later when the company went bankrupt, they operated it for the receiver
Although throughout the first half of the 20th century, the Isle of Man Railway network was very busy, particularly in the summer the Foxdale Branch was, in terms of passenger traffic, the exception. A couple of trains per day consisting of one coach became the norm
From 1940, many of the advertised train services were actually replaced by a bus and in 1943 passenger services were withdrawn. Between May 16 1940 and 1943 the station also served a military camp. The line continued to be used by goods services up to 1960
The line is now a footpath and cycle track
