Peel Railway Station Building - 100 Years — Peel, Isle of Man
Posted by: prussel
N 54° 13.323 W 004° 41.839
30U E 389339 N 6009557
Plaque celebrating the Centenary of the Peel Railway Station Building (1908-2008), the western terminus on the Peel Line of Isle of Man Railway
Waymark Code: WMTKY9
Location: Isle of Man
Date Posted: 12/07/2016
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The station was built by the Peel Station as terminus on the Peel Line of Isle of Man Railway and opened on 1 July 1873. The station was located at the end of the narrow gauge steam-operated railway line from Douglas via St John's to the town of Peel.
On the 13.11.1965, Peel Station closed along with the entire Manx rail network, services once again started running to Douglas in 1967. However the newly launched services did not last very long and Peel Station closed to passengers along with all of the Douglas to Peel line stations on 7.9.1968.
The actual building was erected in 1908 replacing the old one. The inscription on the plaque reads:
PEEL
RAILWAY
STATION BUILDING
CENTENARY
1908 - 2008
Today the building is part display area for the History Museum "House of Mannanan", built in 1997.
source: wikipedia, Disused Stations