Ballabeg Station ( Manx: ''Stashoon Raad Yiarn Valley Beg'') is a rural intermediate request stop on the coastal route of the

Manx Electric Railway The Manx Electric Railway ( Manx: ''Raad Yiarn Lectragh Vannin'') is an electric interurban tramway connecting Douglas, Laxey and Ramsey in the Isle of Man. It connects with the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway at its southern terminus at Derby Castle ...

on the

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with a small station house constructed in 1905.

Location

The station can be found between

Onchan Onchan (; glv, Kione Droghad) is a village in the parish of Onchan on the Isle of Man. It is at the north end of Douglas Bay. Administratively a district, it has the second largest population of settlements on the island, after Douglas, with wh ...

and

Laxey Laxey ( gv, Laksaa) is a village on the east coast of the Isle of Man. Its name derives from the Old Norse ''Laxa'' meaning 'Salmon River'. Its key distinguishing features are its three working vintage railways and the largest working waterwhee ...

on the island's eastern coast. It serves the small hamlet of

Ballabeg Ballabeg ( glv, Balley Beg) is a village on the Isle of Man. It is in the parish of Arbory in the sheading of Rushen, in the south of the island near Castletown. There are several small villages and hamlets with the name, although Ballabeg in ...

; it is on the main coast road between

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and

Ramsey Ramsey may refer to: Geography British Isles * Ramsey, Cambridgeshire, a small market town in England * Ramsey, Essex, a village near Harwich, England ** Ramsey and Parkeston, a civil parish formerly called just "Ramsey" * Ramsey, Isle of Man, t ...

Facilities

In 1905 a small hut (the "station house") was built here in typical style from corrugated iron with a pitched roof, and painted in standard green livery. After some years of neglect this was restored by local residents from 2005 to 2008. It largely serves local traffic, being on the outskirts of the residential area of the village.

Namesake

This article refers to the

station, not to be confused with the

Isle of Man Railway The Isle of Man Railway (IMR) ( gv, Raad Yiarn Vannin) is a narrow gauge steam-operated railway connecting Douglas with Castletown and Port Erin on the Isle of Man. The line is narrow gauge and long. It is the remainder of what was a much ...

station in the south of the island; see

Ballabeg Railway Station Ballabeg Station ( Manx: ''Stashoon Raad Yiarn Valley Beg'') is a diminutive request stop near the village of Ballabeg in the south of the Isle of Man, on the island's steam railway, the sole remaining section of the former network which cove ...

for details of this stopping place.

Route

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations There are many local stopping places on the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man. Trams may stop wherever it is convenient to do so. Following is a list of the acknowledged stopping places. The primary (i.e. timetabled) stopping places ar ...

References

* * * * {{cite book, author=Norman Jones, title=Isle Of Man Tramways, publisher=Foxline Publishing, year=1994, isbn=1-870119-32-0

Sources

Manx Electric Railway Stopping Places
(2002) Manx Electric Railway Society

(2003) Jon Wornham
Official Tourist Department Page
(2009) Isle Of Man Heritage Railways
Ballabeg
(2009) Isle of Man Steam Railway Supporters Association Railway stations opened in 1894 Railway stations in the Isle of Man Manx Electric Railway