MANANNAN Posted August 16, 2020 Share Posted August 16, 2020 (edited) Thought some of the members might be interested in a new campaign to re-open the Douglas to Peel Railway. IoM Newspapers have already covered it the campaign. If your interested in signing, you can find the petition here and keep up to date at Twitter and Facebook. Kippers by Rail anyone? Edited August 16, 2020 by MANANNAN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Ridiculous. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Onchan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 6 hours ago, MANANNAN said: Thought some of the members might be interested in a new campaign to re-open the Douglas to Peel Railway. IoM Newspapers have already covered it the campaign. If your interested in signing, you can find the petition here and keep up to date at Twitter and Facebook. Kippers by Rail anyone? You're too late, April 1st has been and gone already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Flint Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Timing is everything. This is precisely the sort of low point to it, high spend infrastructure project we need right now to build our way out of recession. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GD4ELI Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 4 minutes ago, Derek Flint said: Timing is everything. This is precisely the sort of low point to it, high spend infrastructure project we need right now to build our way out of recession. Or you build something which is actually needed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b4mbi Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 5 minutes ago, GD4ELI said: Or you build something which is actually needed. Like an f'ing monorail from douglas to peel. Can keep the cycleway and footpath beneath it. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Bean Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 Ridiculous idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
finlo Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 The biggest problem is you either end up in Douglas or Peel! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Declan Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 "Isle Of Man Railways would benefit from being able to operate Commuter Services to Peel, similar to those operating from Port Erin" The first train to Douglas gets in at 11 and last leaves before 5. 1 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Wright Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 23 minutes ago, Manx Bean said: Ridiculous idea. Which one? The restored railway or the monorail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 13 minutes ago, finlo said: The biggest problem is you either end up in Douglas or Peel! with a break at the new coop in crosby 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WTF Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, Declan said: "Isle Of Man Railways would benefit from being able to operate Commuter Services to Peel, similar to those operating from Port Erin" The first train to Douglas gets in at 11 and last leaves before 5. those times would maybe suit government employees, they'd arrive early and have to hang around bit waiting to go home but it could work. Edited August 17, 2020 by WTF 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asitis Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 There needs to be a differentiation between the toy train method of transport, and a proper modern transport system. The victorian money sucking stuff is a hobby for some, not a serious attempt at transport. Until we have a transport policy which embraces transport as a means of reducing vehicle traffic and fits with an environment policy, then playing at trains is a hobby the taxpayers can't afford. In what boardroom would you have sold the proposition, that you were going to spend millions on the prom, putting local businesses out of business or at risk of going out of business, in order to install a loss making tram system drawn by some horses in the vain hope of attracting a few tourists ! Get the victoriana out of the transport system and do some forward thinking. In the plentiful days of the past this may have been a smart idea with modern transport but now seems the wrong time ! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frances Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 (edited) Modern tram systems with on-board batteries can operate with stretches away from the overhead lines (several examples in European cities with historic centres) - a modern tram could operate in the short section of the prom possibly as far as North Quay and Tesco/Bus garage via the Sea Terminal - likewise if you choose to rebuild the Douglas-Peel as a tram line then you could operate with unpowered sections where it crosses roads - whether this is an economic system I'm not sure tho there is now considerable commuter traffic Peel to Douglas following the building of the Poortown Rd dormitory estate Edited August 17, 2020 by Frances Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted August 17, 2020 Share Posted August 17, 2020 8 hours ago, MANANNAN said: Thought some of the members might be interested in a new campaign to re-open the Douglas to Peel Railway. IoM Newspapers have already covered it the campaign. If your interested in signing, you can find the petition here and keep up to date at Twitter and Facebook. Kippers by Rail anyone? Thanks I literally pissed myself laughing at that on Facebook. A load of social misfits want us to spend the thick end of £50M on an unneeded railways route. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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