Balladromma Beg Halt

Balladromma Beg Balley Drommey Beg
General information
Location	Lonan, Isle Of Man
Coordinates	54.19389°N 4.424206°W / 54.19389; -4.424206
Pole Nos.	178-179
System	Manx Electric Railway
Owner	Isle Of Man Railways
Platforms	Ground Level
Tracks	Two Running Lines
Construction
Structure type	Demolished
Parking	None
History
Opened	1896 (1896)
Former names	Manx Electric Railway Co.
Location

Balladromma Beg Halt (Manx: Stadd Valley Drommey Beg) is an intermediate stopping place on the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man.

Alias

The halt is sometimes referred to as "Halfway House" in reference to the nearby public house and one-time coaching house, now known as the Liverpool Arms.

Facilities

Today it remains as a request stop marked by a solitary sign denoting the fact, and a post box mounted in a concrete pillar, a remnant of the days when the railway held the contract for mail collection which it held until 1975 when winter closure necessitated its demise. The station once had a waiting shelter for passengers which took the form of a traditional M.E.R. style corrugated iron hut. This was installed circa 1900 but has long since been demolished. Nearby is a modern bus shelter used for the island's Bus Vannin services which doubles up as a shelter for waiting tram passengers at this rural location.

Traffic

The majority of traffic at this spot is gleaned from customers to the nearby public house which was often reached by tramcar until relatively recently when timetable cutbacks and modifications ensured that this was no longer viable for most, bus services being preferred.

Location

To the immediate north of the halt, the railway crosses the main Douglas-Laxey road for the first time, the halt itself sits to the north of an un-gated level crossing carrying the Douglas-Baldrine coast road. At one time this was a railway-operated toll road.

Route

Preceding station	Manx Electric Railway			Following station
Eskadale towards Derby Castle		Douglas–Ramsey		Scarffe's Crossing towards Ramsey Station

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations

References

• Mike Goodwyn (1993). Manx Electric. Platform Five. ISBN 978-1-872524-52-8.
• Keith Pearson (1992). 100 Years Of Manx Electric Railway. Leading Edge. ISBN 0-948135-38-7.
• Robert Hendry (1978). Manx Electric Album. Hillside Publishing. ISBN 0-9505933-0-3.
• Norman Jones (1994). Isle Of Man Tramways. Foxline Publishing. ISBN 1-870119-32-0.

Sources

• Manx Electric Railway Stopping Places (2002) Manx Electric Railway Society
• Island Images: Manx Electric Railway Pages (2003) Jon Wornham
• Official Tourist Department Page (2009) Isle Of Man Heritage Railways