Ramsey railway station (IoMR)
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Ramsey Railway Station
Stashoon Raad Yiarn Rhumsaa |
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The Isle of Man Railway Co., Ltd. The Manx Northern Railway Co., Ltd. |
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| Location | Bowering Road, Ramsey, Isle Of Man |
| Owned by | Isle Of Man Railway Co., Ltd. |
| Line(s) | Ramsey Line |
| Platforms | Two Half-Height, One Ground Level |
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| Structure type | Station Building, Loco Shed, Water Tower |
| Parking | Roadside |
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| Opened | 23 September 1879 |
| Closed | 6 September 1968 |
| Previous names | Manx Northern Railway Co., Ltd. |
Ramsey Station was a station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served the town of Ramsey in the Isle of Man and was final stopping place on a line that ran between St. John's and this station, being the railway's headquarters.
The station opened to traffic on September 23, 1879 and was provided with an imposing station building, an Italianate one-storey structure unlike any other railway building on the island. It was accompanied by a stone-built locomotive shed and workshop, corrugated iron carriage shed, water tower and various stone-built goods sheds and warehouses. The station befitted its status as the headquarters of the railway company, but after the merger in 1905 with the Isle of Man Railway Company the interior of the main station was modified, the office space being surplus to requirements, with all administration being undertaken at Douglas Station after this point. The station had its own separate ladies' and gentlemen's waiting rooms and refreshments facilities although the latter closed relatively early in the line's history. The workshop behind the engine shed was also closed and stripped of its equipment around 1905. The station closed to passengers on September 6, 1968 but certain freight services operated the following year.
At one time there was a branch that spurred off from the northerly edge of the station and passed behind the carriage shed and the goods yard and on to the harbour side, terminating near the market square. This branch was used exclusively for wagons carrying ore from Foxdale Mines to ships for transport to Great Britain and Ireland and ran parallel to the road; at one time it stretched as far as the site of today's Ellan Vannin public house at the far corner of the square. The extension was positioned directly along the quayside, making it convenient for direct loading and unloading onto boats. During the 1930s it was in decline, though sections of rail remained in situ for a number of years after this. In 1988 a commemorative stamp featuring an artist's impression of a train on this extension was issued by the Isle of Man Post Office as part of a set showing old railway and tramway views of the island. A further extension to the southwest of the station also existed at Milntown and this was installed in the railway's last year of operation in 1968 in an effort to increase rail traffic. This siding ensured that limited non-passenger services continued into 1969 when trains ran to collect oil wagons for delivery to Douglas, these being the very last services on this line.
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