Corkill's Crossing

Corkill's Crossing
Corkill's Crossing
Crossag Corkill
Manx Electric Railway
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Station statistics
Address Maughold, Isle Of Man
Coordinates Pole Nos. 607-608
Structure None
Platforms Ground Level
Tracks Two Running Lines
Parking None
Other information
Opened 1911 (1911)
Owned by Isle Of Man Heritage Railways
Formerly Manx Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
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Corkill's Crossing is an intermediate stopping place on the northerly section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.

Contents

Location

This diminutive rural request stop caters almost exclusively for local traffic. Due to the nature of the tramway's construction, the cars can stop and drop off almost anywhere and will do so within reason. For this reason a great number of localised stopping places have built up since the line was completed, many at the intersection of farmer's crossings like this one. The crossings/halts usually take the name of the farmer or the farm as is the case here, but these unofficial halts never appear in timetable materials or have nameboards fitted to show their names.

Notation

The stop has a bus stop-type totem sign attached to traction poles, and these were fitted in line with then-management policy in 1999. The halt passes the driveway of the private residence "Barony View"; the road which bisects it leads to the nearby Glen Mona Hotel & Country Pub.

Route

Preceding station   Manx Electric Railway   Following station
Ballasholague   Douglas - Ramsey   Glen Mona

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations

References

  • Mike Goodwyn (1993). Manx Electric. Platform Five. ISBN 9781872524528. 
  • Keith Pearson (1992). 100 Years Of Manx Electric Railway. Leading Edge. ISBN 0948135387. 
  • Robert Hendry (1978). Manx Electric Album. Hillside Publishing. ISBN 0950593303. 
  • Norman Jones (1994). Isle Of Man Tramways. Foxline Publishing. ISBN 1-870119-32-0. 

Sources

Coordinates: 54°15′01″N 4°22′35″W / 54.25028°N 4.37639°W / 54.25028; -4.37639

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