Port
Soderick Railway Station is a station on the Port Erin line of
the Isle of Man Railway and is located near the settlement of
the same name. The B23 road provides access to the station and
passes through a tunnel to cross the railway line. The station
building is still extant but in private ownership, having been
converted from a derelict state in the 1980s, and being the
current home of Emma J King. Previous owners included Alex Lloyd
(racing driver). It is an imposing large structure, more
latterly replaced by two wooden shelters on each platform. The
"down" platform was added in 2002 when much of the railway was
re-laid as part of the IRIS scheme.
The station was built
primarily to serve the popular coastal resort which is a short walk
from the station via one of the Manx National Glens. Although
largely derelict today, this resort was once a hugely popular
destination for tourists and was served by the Douglas Head Marine
Drive and electric Tramway, ferry boats, char-a-bancs and of course
the railway. So popular was the place that the station boasts the
only full-height platform at an intermediate station on the south
line other than Port St. Mary which, at one time, was intended as
the southern terminus.
In 2002 all stations
received platforms, and the little used passing loop at this
station received another (seldom used) full-height platform on
the
"down" side, together with waiting shelter, indicative of the
management policy to provide passenger facilities at each station,
seemingly regardless of how well patronised the stations were. To
the south of the station is a private miniature railway which is
visible from the land side of the passing train.
For the start of the 2008
season the station was adorned with new bi-lingual station
nameboards; differing from all other stations on the line insofar
as one side (the "up" platform) has the name in English, and the
other (the "down" plaform, which is rarely used) is in Manx,
stating "Purt" as opposed to "Port"; the nameboards feature a
yellowy-cream lettering with black shadowing on a maroon
coloured
back board, the now-standard livery of station nameboards on
the
line.
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