Brown's Crossing (Manx Electric Railway)

Brown's Crossing
Brown's Crossing; Crossag Dhoan
	Manx Electric Railway
Location	Maughold, Isle Of Man
Coordinates	Pole Nos. 567-568
Owned by	Isle Of Man Railways
Platforms	Ground Level
Tracks	Two Running Lines
Construction
Structure type	None
Parking	None
History
Opened	1901
Previous names	Manx Electric Railway Co.

Brown's Crossing is a diminutive rural request stop on the northern section of the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man

The halt caters 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.

Preceding station		Manx Electric Railway		Following station
Thalloo Mitchell		Douglas - Ramsey		Ballellin

Also

Manx Electric Railway Stations

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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

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