Snaefell Mountain Railway

		Sulby Glen Tea Rooms
	Entrance to Tholt-y-Will
	Snaefell Terminus
		Ascending Snaefell
	Bungalow
	Laxey Station
Route Schematic

The background to the creation and financial background of the Manx Electric Railway and the associated Snaefell Mountain Tramway are covered elsewhere.

The original terminus station at Laxey was on the mine-side of the New Road near Dumbell's Row ('Ham and Egg Terrace') lasting for the first season until following the construction of the four arch viaduct, a new joint station was constructed across the New Road on land adjacent to the Laxey Church - a poor and doctored photo from an presumeably 1895 season Leporello album shows this

Original terminus station at Laxey for Mountain Railway

An account of a visit a few weeks after opening was carried in the Electical Review.

Bibliography

Note that several books cover all Tramways - MER, Snaefell, Cable Car, Marine Drive and Horse Trams; see under MER

• Pearson, F.K. Snaefell Mountain Railway 1895-1970 London: Light Railway Transport League + Manx Electric Railway 1970 - SBN 900433;36:1 (a 16pp booklet issued at 10d)

Any comments, errors or omissions gratefully received The Editor HTML Transcription © F.Coakley , 2011