Watch as Lieutenant Governor John Lorimer addresses crowds in Ramsey during an event to mark the 125th anniversary of the Manx Electric Railway's Laxey to Ramsey line
Watch as Lieutenant Governor John Lorimer addresses crowds in Ramsey during an event to mark the 125th anniversary of the Manx Electric Railway's Laxey to Ramsey line
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00:00the line reached a little bit further. But it was the following year, once the Badu Vardat
00:10had been completed, that on the 28th of July 1899, trams arrived here in the current ground
00:19station for the first time. And four large winter saloon trams were delivered for the opening of
00:26the new section of the line by GF Mills of Birkenhead. And they included 19, 20, 22 and 21
00:36that hauled us here today. And they all remain, all of those remain in service to this day,
00:41which is pretty incredible. And I think it just highlights the extraordinary skill,
00:47expertise, craftsmanship of the Victorian companies that did that. We were with the
00:54steam railway yesterday and I was making the same point,
00:57then talking about sustainability and endurance of these things. Wow, absolutely amazing.
01:04So today we're marking the 125th anniversary of the first tram into Ranji station.