Peel railway station

The building that now forms a display area for the House of Mannanan in Peel was originally the terminus of the Isle of Man Railway (latterly it was employed as a fishermans' shelter after closure of the line however). The building replaced the wooden original built for the opening in 1873 and was built in 1911 partly from distinctive local sandstone. In a picturesque harbourside setting, the station was a busy one. Lifted after closure in 1968 it is the most "intact" of the line's closed stations, with the station itself, water tower (now part of a transport museum) and goods shed still extant. The latter became home of the replica viking longship "Odin's Raven" in 1979 but now houses an audio visual display area as part of the museum. At the eastern end of the station next to the water tower was once the locomotive shed, long since gone, but an original four-wheel coach body is now on site as a potential restoration project for the museum group. In 1998 as part of the Steam 125 celebrations, steam returned to Peel when locomotive No. 1 "Sutherland" of 1873 ran on a piece of specially laid rail in the station, now the car park of the heritage centre.

Route

Rail line
previous =
next = St. John's
towards Douglas
route = Isle of Man Railway
Peel line
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previous =
next = Knockaloe (internment camp)
terminus
route = Isle of Man Railway
Knockaloe branch
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ee also

*Isle of Man Railway stations
* [http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/p/peel/index.shtml Peel station on the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website]