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St John's Balley Keeill Eoin | ||
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| General information | ||
| Location | Station Road, St John's, Isle of Man, IM4 3KR. | |
| Coordinates | 54°12′04″N 4°38′29″W / 54.2012°N 4.6415°W | |
| Owned by | Isle Of Man Railway Co. Manx Northern Railway Co. Foxdale Railway Co. | |
| Line(s) | ||
| Platforms | Two, Island Various, Goods | |
| Tracks | Four Running Lines Various Sidings | |
| Construction | ||
| Structure type | Various, See Text | |
| Parking | Roadside | |
| History | ||
| Opened | 1 July 1873 | |
| Closed | 9 September 1968 | |
| Rebuilt | 1878 / 1904 | |
| Passengers | ||
| Passengers, livestock, freight, Goods | ||
| Services | ||
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Toilets, waiting room, booking facilities
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St John's Railway Station (Manx: Stashoon Raad Yiarn Valley Keeill Eoin) was on the Isle of Man Railway (IMR), later merging with the nearby station of the Manx Northern Railway (MNR); it was the junction of lines to Douglas, Peel, Ramsey and Foxdale. It was close to Tynwald Hill. The station began life in 1873 as the penultimate stop on the Peel Line, the island's first passenger railway line; it consisted of a simple wooden waiting shelter with accommodation for the station master, and a passing loop. This layout remained until the arrival of the new line from the north in 1879 when a second station was established, later merging with the existing one. The station was the hub of the island's railway network, where the lines to Douglas, Peel, Ramsey and Foxdale met.