Gob-y-Deigan railway station

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name = Gob-Y-Deigan Halt
type = Manx Northern Railway


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Gob-y-Deigan Halt was a station on the Manx Northern Railway (MNR) on the Isle of Man.

Description and history

The exposed coastal section of the Manx Northern Railway between Peel Road and Glen Mooar viaduct was served by a small halt in the very early days of the railway. This section of line caused the railway company headaches over many years owing to subsidence which was regularly rectified by the dumping of used locomotive ash along the sides of the running line. This area is also cited as the reason for the railway acquiring a turntable to turn only the coaches, to equalise the weathering of paintwork at this exposed point. Today the trackbed is walkable and it has sunk even further.The halt was only short-lived and built to serve excursions for picnickers. It had no road access but did offer a basic waiting shelter, which survived in use as a lineside hut until the closure of the railway.

Route

Rail line
previous = St. Germain's
towards St. John's
next = West Berk
towards Ramsey
route = Manx Northern Railway
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ee also

* Isle of Man Railway stations
* Manx Northern Railway

References

*cite web
url = http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/stations/g/gob_y_deigan/index.shtml
title = Gob-y-Deigan Halt at the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website
*cite book
last = Heavyside
first = Tom
title = Narrow Gauge Branch Lines – Douglas to Ramsey
publisher = Middleton Press
month = August | year = 2004
ISBN = 190447439X