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Skinscoe Halt

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Location
  
Laxey, Isle Of Man

Platforms
  
Ground Level

Structure type
  
None

Owner
  
Manx Electric Railway

Coordinates
  
Pole Nos. 457-458

Tracks
  
Two Running Lines

Opened
  
1894

Owned by
  
Isle Of Man Heritage Railways

Skinscoe Halt is a diminutive rural request stop on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man, catering almost exclusively for local traffic. Due to the nature of the tramway's construction, the cars can stop and drop off almost anywhere and will do so within reason. For this reason a great number of localised stopping places have built up since the line was completed, many at the intersection of farmer's crossings like this one. The crossings/halts usually take the name of the farmer or the farm as is the case here, but these unofficial halts never appear in timetable materials or have nameboards fitted to show their names. Many do however now carry bus stop-type signs attached to traction poles, and these were fitted in line with then-management policy in 1999.

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations

References

Skinscoe Halt Wikipedia