Lewaigue railway station

Lewaigue Halt Staad Lewaigue
Manx Electric Railway
Location	Maughold, Isle Of Man
Coordinates	Pole Nos. 811-812
Owned by	Isle Of Man Railways
Platforms	Ground Level
Tracks	Two Running Lines
Construction
Structure type	Waiting Shelter
Parking	None
History
Opened	1899 (1899)
Previous names	Manx Electric Railway Co.

Lewaigue Halt is an intermediate stopping place on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.

Location[]

The stop can be found between Ballajora Station and 'Belle Vue (For Port-E-Vullen)'. The poles bearing the overhead lines on the line are numbered from Derby Castle, the railway's southern terminus, and Lewaigue Halt can be found between pole numbers 811 and 812. The halt is located on Jack's Lane (designated C13) in the hamlet of Lewaigue.

Usage[]

The stop is widely used by The Venture Centre, a nearby outdoor pursuits centre. The stop consists of a waiting shelter for passengers, erected in 1987. The former corrugated iron shelter was demolished in 1986 after vandalism.^[1]

Also[]

Manx Electric Railway Stations

References[]

• Mike Goodwyn (1993). Manx Electric. Platform Five. ISBN 978-1-872524-52-8.
• Keith Pearson (1992). 100 Years Of Manx Electric Railway. Leading Edge. ISBN 0-948135-38-7.
• Robert Hendry (1978). Manx Electric Album. Hillside Publishing. ISBN 0-9505933-0-3.
• Norman Jones (1994). Isle Of Man Tramways. Foxline Publishing. ISBN 1-870119-32-0.

Sources[]

• Manx Electric Railway Stopping Places (2002) Manx Electric Railway Society
• Island Images: Manx Electric Railway Pages (2003) Jon Wornham
• Official Tourist Department Page (2009) Isle Of Man Heritage Railways

Coordinates: 54°18′09″N 4°21′11″W / 54.30250°N 4.35306°W / 54.30250; -4.35306

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