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of slate rubble. Until the beginning of the 20th century, the station facilities were all to the west of the pedestrian level crossing that bisects the later
Edwardian station. The rather limited facilities reflected both the comparative newness of Port Erin as a seaside resort in the early 1870s, and also the financial difficulties faced by the railway in completing the line. However, after the opening of the railway, Port Erin developed rapidly, overwhelming the original facilities which were systematically replaced 1902-1905, with further extensions in 1912 and 1914.
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guides around the museum in the summer months and there is a temporary display area which houses archive photographs and historical ephemera themed around the annual events which commemorate various anniversaries: 2017 saw the 50th anniversary of the reopening of the railway and 2018 hosted a display for the 40th anniversary of the nationalisation of the line as well as fifty years since closure of the entire network. 2023 saw
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The station is unique in having a public right of way bisecting the long platform and, in bygone days, longer trains (sometimes seen today when the dining train is strengthened with additional carriages) would have to uncouple whilst loading prior to departure to ensure the right of way to the nearby
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The goods shed was constructed at the turn of century in a similar style to the locomotive shed and also featured one road with doors at either end. Between 1982 and 1998 it was used as the locomotive shed, being fitted with an internal water tank and inspection pit for that reason. At this time is
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charity shop among others. It is proposed to remove the former bus office, install a new entrance to the station toilets from the street side of the building, and install a new canopy along the street side of the building. This will allow bus services to be moved from the present shelter on
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and was constructed in 1909 in the centre of the village, replacing a similar original version that was slightly smaller and made of local stone. This building is something of a focal point in the village and houses a booking office, a waiting room which was once a ladies only facility and a café in
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tower, long since removed, was reinstated atop the roof and track realigned onto a curve at the headshunt. A second phase was completed in early 2018 and has seen a sloped area leading to the adjacent railway museum created, effectively making a large new feature wall a central feature when viewed
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Beginning in 2016 the station and its surroundings became part of South West
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Following extensive refurbishment, the station won an Ian Allan
Heritage Railway award in 1990, but since then only remedial work has been carried out to the station's intricate and distinctively carved wooden fascia boards and other paintwork. In 1999 the traditional "picket" style wooden fencing
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Castletown, but was constructed
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The station has historically carried a bilingual station nameboard reading "Purt Çhiarn/Port Erin" attached to the side of the locomotive shed, the only station on the network to have had Manx language signs historically; however, in 2008 following new policy, the other running in boards along the
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At the eastern end of the station is a level crossing (one of the last remaining manual ones on the railway, automated in 2011) across
Droghadfayle Road. Until the yard trackwork was re-laid in 1999-2000 the locomotive crew had to open and close the gates whilst "running round" to couple onto the
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The station has a two-road carriage shed, also constructed in 1999, ensuring for the first time in the line's history that coaching stock stored overnight could be kept under cover; until this time the carriages were stored outdoors overnight on the platform, and latterly remained there in closed
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which had served as the capital of the Island and seat of parliament until the previous decade and is located 7 kilometres (4.3 mi) to the east of Port Erin, but due to increasing tourism on the island, especially at the seaside resorts of Port Erin and the nearby Port St. Mary, the line was
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A small timber-built sentry box also guarded the entrance to the station where it crosses the public highway at
Droghadfayle Road and today this is used only for storage by the gatekeeper until the crossing was automated in the winter of 2012–2013. This structure replaced a much older version in
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This contrasts with the green and cream livery applied to the station area, but is consistent with the rest of the line. There are plans to change the station colour scheme to maroon as part of a corporate makeover of the whole railway, and repaints carried out subsequently have reverted to the
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and an unusual six-wheeled carriage dating from 1879, which is privately owned and currently in storage elsewhere. An original four-wheeled freight van, Gr.12, was also housed here until 1998 and this has since been restored and sees limited use in annual transport festivals. Volunteers act as
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were stored in the original locomotive shed. The museum was originally accessed via a purpose-built porch on the adjoining
Station Road, but this changed when the whole site was refurbished in 1999. Today the museum houses the railway's last locomotive, No. 16
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When the railway museum received a major overhaul beginning in 1998 the shed was converted into the entrance hall and souvenir shop for the museum, regaining a stone gable with the addition of an entrance porch in a similar sympathetic style.
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of 1875 and two carriages as well as a number of framed displays including tickets, memorabilia and historical documentation. Rail access to the building is via the locomotive shed to the rear. The building was built to house the buses of
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from the road. Foundations were also laid with the possibility of a short platform being added in the future beside the museum and locomotive; to date there are no plans to install this feature.
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the northwest gable of the building, this not being original. A replacement canopy in a similar style to that on the platform side of the building was installed and the former bus office (later
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sewing shop) demolished to create a larger paving area, the new canopy continuing round to the roadside of the building. An original feature, the
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