Douglas Southern Electric Tramway

Douglas Southern Electric Tramway Raad Yiarn Lectragh Jiass Ghoulish
The course of the tramway
Locale	Douglas, Isle of Man
Terminus	Port Soderick
Commercial operations
Name	Douglas Southern Electric Tramway
Original gauge	1,435 mm (4 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Preserved operations
Operated by	Douglas Southern Electric Tramways Co., Ltd.
Stations	4 (Plus Loops)
Length	4.5 miles (7.2 km)
Commercial history
Opened	2 September 1896
Closed	28 August 1939
Route map Harbour Ferry Incline Railway Douglas Head Tollgate Pigeon Stream Depot Farm Loop Wallberry Loop Wallberry Viaduct Horseleap Viaduct Little Ness Loop No 1 Little Ness Loop No 2 Little Ness Depot Whing Loop Coolebegad Loop Keristal Loop No 1 Keristal Loop No 2 Port Soderick Cliff Lift This diagram: view talk edit

Douglas Southern Electric Tramway (Manx: Raad Yiarn Lectragh Jiass Ghoulish) was a standard gauge tramway between the top of Douglas Head on the Isle of Man and the nearby resort of Port Soderick. The route ran along the Douglas Head Marine Drive atop the cliffs and crossed a number of viaducts and bridges.^[1]

The tram line was 3.5 miles (5.6 km) long, and was single track with passing places. All stops were on the seaward side of the track, and cars only had doors on that side. At each end of the route short inclined railways carried passengers to and from the termini. At its peak, the line was operated by a fleet of 8 motor cars and a similar number of trailers.^[2]