Gob-y-Deigan railway station


Gob-Y-Deigan Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Ghob-Y-Deigan) was a station on the Manx Northern Railway, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served a beach near Kirk Michael in the Isle of Man and was an intermediate stopping place on a line that ran between St. John's and Ramsey.

Gob-Y-Deigan

Gob-Y-Deigan
The Isle of Man Railway Co., Ltd.
The Manx Northern Railway Co., Ltd.
General information
LocationPatrick, Isle of Man
Coordinates54.253°N 4.633°W
Owned byIsle of Man Railway Co.
PlatformsOne, Ground Level
TracksOne, Running Line
Construction
Structure typeTimber Shelter
ParkingNone Provided
History
Opened13 July 1887 (1887-07-13)
Closedlate 1887?
Previous namesManx Northern Railway Co.
Passengers
Passenger Only
Services
Shelter

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
Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
St. Germain's
towards
St. John's		   Manx Northern Railway
later
Isle of Man Railway		   West Berk
towards
Ramsey

See also

References
  • "Gob-y-Deigan Halt at the Subterranea Britannica Disused Stations website".
  • Heavyside, Tom (August 2004). Narrow Gauge Branch Lines – Douglas to Ramsey. Middleton Press. ISBN 1-904474-39-X.

54.253°N 4.633°W / 54.253; -4.633 (Gob-y-Deigan)

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