Dhoon Farm Halt

Dhoon Farm Halt
Dhoon Farm Halt
Staad Balley Hallooin
Manx Electric Railway
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Station statistics
Address Maughold, Isle Of Man
Coordinates Pole Nos. 549-550
Structure None
Platforms Ground Level
Tracks Two Running Lines
Parking None
Other information
Opened 1900 (1900)
Owned by Isle Of Man Heritage Railways
Formerly Manx Electric Railway Co., Ltd.

Dhoon Farm Halt is a diminutive rural request stop on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man, catering 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. Many do however now carry bus stop-type signs attached to traction poles, and these were fitted in line with then-management policy in 1999.

Preceding station   Manx Electric Railway   Following station
Burn's Crossing   Douglas - Ramsey   Dhoon Quarry

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

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

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