Full timetables and operating dates for the four railways and tramways operated by Isle of Man Transport have now been confirmed. It will be a special year on the island as the Steam Railway (granted not in our remit) is celebrating 150 years of operation and the Manx Electric Railway (definitely in our remit!) reaches 130 years \u2013 plus it will be the first full season of running for the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway since 2019 (although still on a reduced length of line).<\/p>\n
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Douglas Bay Horse Tramway<\/strong><\/p>\n 6th<\/sup> April to 29th<\/sup> October 2023<\/em><\/p>\n There will be two timetables in operation during the year \u2013 \u201cN\u201d and \u201cP\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cN\u201d includes half hourly departures between Derby Castle and Villa Marina from 0905 to 1700 (including a gap for lunch and also mid-afternoon). This will run on all operating days except for during the TT races, the Transport Festival and at weekends in August and early September.<\/p>\n \u201cP\u201d sees services between 0905 and 1800, and includes services every 15 minutes from late morning (with a slight break at lunch). This will run as shown above during the TT races, Transport Festival and at weekends in August and early September.<\/p>\n The basic pattern of operation is Thursday-Sunday until the end of May (with additional services in school holidays and bank holidays), then Wednesday-Sunday until the Transport Festival in July. August (and until the first full week of September) sees trams Tuesday-Sunday (plus Bank Holiday Monday) and then from 13th<\/sup> September its Wednesday to Sunday until the end of the season.<\/p>\n Manx Electric Railway<\/strong><\/p>\n 14th<\/sup> March to 29th<\/sup> October 2023<\/em><\/p>\n There are four main daytime timetables in operation during the year \u2013 \u201cB\u201d, \u201cC\u201d, \u201cD\u201d and \u201cF\u201d. In addition there are evening timetables \u201cE\u201d and \u201cG\u201d.<\/p>\n The season gets underway in March with \u201cB\u201d (7 departures from Derby Castle daily with 1 only running to Laxey) starting at 0940. This will run Tuesday-Thursday and Saturday & Sunday in March.<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cC\u201d kicks in from Saturday 1st<\/sup> April with 8 full length journeys, 1 single Laxey-Douglas trip in the morning and 1 return Derby Castle-Laxey. This timetable will run throughout April (except Mondays 3rd<\/sup> & 24th<\/sup> when there is no service until Friday 28th<\/sup> April, then Tuesdays-Fridays in May (except 29th<\/sup>-31st<\/sup>), the last 3 Mondays and Tuesdays in June, then Monday 11th<\/sup> September and Tuesdays-Sundays from 26th<\/sup> September to 29th<\/sup> October.<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cD\u201d has 9 Derby Castle to Ramsey services, 1 morning Laxey-Derby Castle and 3 return Derby Castle-Laxey trips. This will run Saturday 29th<\/sup>, Sunday 30th<\/sup> April, Mondays 1st<\/sup> & 8th<\/sup> May, Saturdays and Sundays in May, Friday 9th<\/sup> to Sunday 11th<\/sup> June, Wednesdays to Sundays in June from 14th<\/sup>, daily from 1st<\/sup> to 25th<\/sup> July, daily in August, daily from 1st<\/sup> to 24th<\/sup> September (except Mondays 11th<\/sup> and 18th<\/sup>). This timetable also sees (subject to availability) the 1140 ex-Derby Castle and 1340 return from Ramsey allocated to either 1<\/strong>, 2<\/strong>, 16<\/strong>, 32<\/strong> or 33<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cF\u201d is the most intensive pre-published timetable and runs daily from 29th<\/sup> May to 8th<\/sup> June and from 26th<\/sup> to 28th<\/sup> July. It sees services start at 0840 and includes 20 departures north from Derby Castle of which 2 only run as far as Laxey.<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cE\u201d is an evening service to Groudle with departures from Derby Castle at 1840, 1910, 2010, 2040 and 2110 (with returns 15 minutes later). Its runs on Wednesdays from 14th<\/sup> June to 30th<\/sup> August (except 26th<\/sup> July when Timetable \u201cF\u201d continues to run into the evening).<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cG\u201d includes evening services which run all the way to Ramsey. There are departures from Derby Castle to Ramsey at 1640, 1740, 2040 plus Laxey services at 1840, 1910, 2140. The final tram is back at Derby Castle at 2325 (2210 ex-Ramsey). This will run on Saturdays 6th<\/sup>, 20th<\/sup> May, 17th<\/sup>, 24th<\/sup> June, 8th<\/sup>, 15th<\/sup>, 22nd<\/sup> July, 5th<\/sup> August to 23rd<\/sup> September.<\/p>\n Snaefell Mountain Railway<\/strong><\/p>\n 18th<\/sup> March to 29th<\/sup> October<\/em><\/p>\n Timetable letters match those on the Manx Electric Railway and are due to run on the same days.<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cB\u201d runs hourly between 1015 and 1415, then 1500 and 1545 from Laxey (returns from the Summit are 55 minutes later)<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cC\u201d runs half hourly between 1015 and 1545<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cD\u201d runs half hourly between 1015 and 1545<\/p>\n Timetable \u201cF\u201d runs half hourly between 0945 and 1815 and then 1915 and 2015 (there are also departures back from the Summit at 2120, 2150)<\/p>\n For the record the Isle of Man Steam Railway season runs between 10th<\/sup> March and 29th<\/sup> October 2023.<\/p>\n Special events due to run during the year include:<\/p>\n Although we have tried to describe what service runs and when above it is far easier to look at the actual timetable which can be downloaded at https:\/\/www.iombusandrail.im\/media\/2693\/isle-of-man-railways-2023-timetable.pdf<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Full timetables and operating dates for the four railways and tramways operated by Isle of Man Transport have now been confirmed. 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