Sulby Glen was a station on the Manx Northern Railway

Manx Northern Railway

The Manx Northern Railway was the second common carrier railway built in the Isle of Man. It operated as an independent concern only from 1879 to 1905.- History :...

, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway

Isle of Man Railway

The Isle of Man Railway is a narrow gauge steam-operated railway connecting Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin in the Isle of Man. The line is built to gauge and is long...

; it served the village of Sulby

Sulby, Isle of Man

Sulby is a parish ofon the primary A2 road which connects Castletown and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. The name of the village of Sulby or Sõlabyr or Sulaby reflects the Scandinavian influence in Isle of Man place-names....

 in the Isle of Man

Isle of Man

The Isle of Man , otherwise known simply as Mann , is a self-governing British Crown Dependency, located in the Irish Sea between the islands of Great Britain and Ireland, within the British Isles. The head of state is Queen Elizabeth II, who holds the title of Lord of Mann. The Lord of Mann is...

 and was an intermediate stopping place on a line that ran between St. John's and the northern town or Ramsey

Ramsey railway station

Ramsey Station was a station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served the town of Ramsey in the Isle of Man and was final stopping place on a line that ran between St...

.

Description

This station is unique among the Manx Northern Railway

Manx Northern Railway

The Manx Northern Railway was the second common carrier railway built in the Isle of Man. It operated as an independent concern only from 1879 to 1905.- History :...

's stations; when constructed it was of corrugated iron but this was later replaced with a non-prototypical building with built in canopy.

Rebuild

The original building which was installed at the time of opening was later deemed to have been located too close to the running line and was rebuilt at the turn of the century, making it unique in style among the stations on the line.

Today

today, as a private dwelling, what was the platform has had a wall added to make another room to the house but the original structure and purpose can clearly be seen from the nearby footpath the follows the trackbed. There was also a corrugated hut here as a goods shed/store and this is also still extant.

Layout

As the next station either side were provided with passing loops, this station ran straight through. It was closed along with all other stations in 1968 and converted to a private dwelling thereafter.

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