On-Air Now
Facebook

Infrastructure Minister to face mountain tram brakes question

Fri, 13 Oct 2017


Braking systems on the Snaefell Mountain Railway will be discussed when Tynwald sits next week.

The mountain trams are fitted with an original Fell brake and a rheostatic brake system.

Douglas North MHK David Ashford wants to know how many times the rheostatic system has failed in each of the last three year.

The railway has been suspended after a tram ran through the Bungalow when the newer braking system failed earlier this year.

Infrastructure Minister Ray Harmer will provide the figures at October's sitting.


 

Subscribe to get Energy FM News direct to your mobile device

You can get Energy FM News delivered direct to your mobile device using one of the following methods.

  • In the Apple News App on iOS search for Energy FM IOM and then just add it to your favourites
  • In the Google News & Weather App just search for Energy FM and then add us as a customised section
  • If you use an RSS Reader then just add our feed to your app, click here for our news RSS feed