Mountain railway trips resume after storm damage repairs

The Snaefell Mountain Railway has been in operation since 1895

Journeys on the Isle of Man's Snaefell Mountain Railway are set to resume after storm damage caused services to be suspended for two days.

Repairs were needed to the overhead electricity lines at the top of the Laxey Valley area of the tracks after strong winds at the weekend.

A spokesman for the railway said that wind speeds of up to 80mph were experienced on the mountain had caused the damage.

Services on the line which runs between Laxey and the summit of Snaefell were cancelled on Monday and Tuesday for a team to undertake repairs safely, he said.

He said the overhead line in the area was "more sheltered and resilient" to gusts from the south west, however the prevailing wind had been from an "unusual" north-westerly direction when the damage occurred.

The railway team cancelled services and isolated the overhead lines to allow for the safe repairs, he said.

Services would now resume on the railway, which has been in operation since 1895, following the completion of the repairs, with high demand expected in the coming days, he added.