Index
- Douglas to Peel Home
- Douglas
- Quarter Bridge
- Braddan Halt
- Union Mills
- Crosby
- Ballacraine Halt
- St Johns
- Peel
- Knockaloe
Douglas to Peel Railway (Isle of Man)
(1873 - 1968)
The Isle of Man (IMR) opened its first line, from Douglas to Peel, in July 1873 and was followed by the Douglas to Port Erin line in August 1874 and St Johns to Ramsay line in 1878
During the mid-1920s the IMR formed a bus subsidiary that operated most of the island's bus services and helped the railway to remain profitable into the 1960s. The first serious examination of the long term viability of the railway came with the Howden Report in 1949, recommending the eventual closure of the Peel line, which was breaking even in the late 1940s
Economies were made throughout the 1950s and early 1960s which included the ending of evening and Sunday services, the deferral of track maintenance and cuts to train mileage as locomotives became unserviceable. To further reduce expenses, there were winter closures of the Peel line (1960-61 only)
The lines were closed after the 1965 season but were briefly revived when the Marquess of Ailsa obtained a lease and reopened the three routes in 1967. The Peel line closed at the end of the 1968 summer season
The Douglas to Peel line track was lifted in 1975
During the mid-1920s the IMR formed a bus subsidiary that operated most of the island's bus services and helped the railway to remain profitable into the 1960s. The first serious examination of the long term viability of the railway came with the Howden Report in 1949, recommending the eventual closure of the Peel line, which was breaking even in the late 1940s
Economies were made throughout the 1950s and early 1960s which included the ending of evening and Sunday services, the deferral of track maintenance and cuts to train mileage as locomotives became unserviceable. To further reduce expenses, there were winter closures of the Peel line (1960-61 only)
The lines were closed after the 1965 season but were briefly revived when the Marquess of Ailsa obtained a lease and reopened the three routes in 1967. The Peel line closed at the end of the 1968 summer season
The Douglas to Peel line track was lifted in 1975
| Station name | Opened | Closed to passengers |
Goods closed |
| Douglas | Jul 1873 | ||
| Quarter Bridge | Jun 1928 | May 1929 | |
| Braddan | 1897 | Sep 1968 | |
| Union Mills | Jul 1873 | Sep 1968 | |
| Crosby | Jul 1873 | Sep 1968 | Sep 1968 | Ballacraine Halt | 1876 then 1927 | 1879 then 1927 |
| Peel | Jul 1873 | Sep 1968 | Apl 1969 |
| Knockaloe | Sep 1915 | Oct 1920 |
