Sulby Glen railway station

Former railway station in Isle of Man, UK

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Sulby Glen Railway Station

Stashoon Raad-Yiarn Glion Sulby

The Isle of Man Railway Co., Ltd.
The Manx Northern Railway Co., Ltd.
General information
Location| Station Road, Sulby
Coordinates| 54.3205°N 4.4928°W
Owned by| Isle of Man Railway Co.
Line(s)| North Line
Platforms| One, Raised
Tracks| One & Siding
Construction
Structure type| Station & Goods Shed
Parking| None Provided
History
Opened| 23 September 1879
Closed| 6 September 1968
Rebuilt| 1903
Passengers
Waiting Room / Toilets / Booking Hall

Sulby Glen Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Ghlion Sulby) was an intermediate station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway Company from 1905; 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 Ramsey. As the next stations on both sides were provided with passing loops, this station ran straight through; there was a gated level crossing at the northern extremity which was operated manually by station staff, the structure also serving as station masters' accommodation.

## Buildings

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The original station building, built from corrugated iron at the time of opening, was later deemed to be too close to the running line, and was rebuilt at the turn of the twentieth century with a different style of building including a built-in canopy, making it unique in style among the Manx Northern Railway's stations, several of which were largely identical including those at Sulby Bridge, Ballaugh, Kirk Michael and St. Germain's, all of which except for Ballaugh remain in situ today and private residences. There was also a timber-built small goods shed at the southern end of the station.

## Today

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The station was closed, along with all other stations on the line, in 1968 and later converted to a private dwelling. The former platform has had a wall added to make another room for the house, but the original structure and purpose can clearly be seen from the nearby footpath that follows the trackbed, the house is named Station House and carries a name plaque featuring a locomotive and the crest of the Manx Northern Railway as well as garden gates in a railway style. The former goods shed/store and this is also still extant.

## Route

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Preceding station  |  | Disused railways  |  | Following station

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Ballavolley Halt
towards
St. John's |  | Manx Northern Railway
later
Isle of Man Railway |  | Sulby Bridge
towards
Ramsey

## See also

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* Isle of Man Railway stations
* Manx Northern Railway
* Sulby, Isle of Man

## References

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* "Subterranea Britannica - Closed Station".

54°19′08″N 4°29′28″W﻿ / ﻿54.319°N 4.491°W﻿ / 54.319; -4.491