Due to the above works, from Monday 8th until Tuesday 16th March, 2010 (or until the works are completed), a section of Dukes Road will be closed to through traffic.

During this period, Services 3A, 23, 24, 28 and 35 will divert via the lower section of Victoria Road between Ballaquayle Road and Victoria Crescent.

Due to the above, on Saturday 6th and Sunday 7th March, 2010, all buses on Services 1, 2 & 8 WILL NOT serve the bus stops located in Castletown Square, Victoria Road and Farrants Way after the 08:01 (to Douglas) on Saturday 6th and until official notification is received that the road has re-opened on Sunday 7th.

During this period buses will run via Alexander Bridge, the By Pass and Red Gap to and from Castle Rushen High School (bus turning area) - departing the School at the time scheduled for Castletown Square.

The Department of Tourism and Leisure is pleased to announce that due to high demand they will now be running extra dates on ‘The Ultimate Driving Experience’ throughout June and July 2010.

The event, operating on the Island’s Heritage Railways, will give members of the public a chance to experience driving one of the Island’s historic Electric Trams. Each experience will be run over a full day and will include safety briefings, a history of the trams, theory information and ultimately the chance to drive one of the trams between Laxey and Ramsey.

Just download and fill out the booking form below:

2010 Timetables for the Steam Railway, Manx Electric Railway and Snaefell Mountain Railway are now available online.

The Public Transport Division of the Department of Tourism and Leisure has recently undertaken a review of the bus network which has culminated in a consultation document on which it is now seeking views.

The Public Consultation document describes in detail, the changes proposed to the bus network and timetables. It is the Department’s intention, subject to any changes considered necessary following the consultation exercise, to introduce the new network and timetables in Spring 2010. The Department believes the proposals provide a much improved service to residents and visitors, and confirms that they can be achieved without additional resource implications.

All members of the public are invited to comment on the document and reply by 12th March 2010. Details of how to respond can be found in the document.

An electronic version of this document can be viewed on the Government’s Consultation website.

Hard copies available to view at the Welcome Centre, Tynwald Library, Isle of Man College Library along with Douglas, Port Erin and Ramsey Libraries.

There’s been a few changes made to the iombusandrail engine behind the scenes to make the noticeboard more accessible. Don’t worry, you’ll probably not really notice the difference - visually anyway.

However, the URL for the noticeboard has changed from iombusandrail.info/noticeboard.html to iombusandrail.info/noticeboard

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Dates for next year’s railway services and events have now been released. Please see below.

Heritage Railways 2010
Steam Railway - Open from 13th March until 7th November 2010
Manx Electric Railway - Open from 20th March until 7th November 2010
Snaefell Mountain Railway - Open from 24th April until 3rd October 2010

Special Events 2010
Steam Railway - ‘Rush Hour’ 1st to 3rd May 2010
Manx Heritage Transport Festival - 28th July to 1st August
Tramway gathering - 21st to 23rd September

In order to serve the Ballawattleworth Estate, with effect from Monday 27th April 2009, Service X5 will run via the following route in Peel:

Morning Journey:
08:05 Peel, Derby Road stop - Peveril Road - Mourne View - Belle Vue - Ballaquane Road - Rowan Avenue - Raad Darragh (Oak Road) - Derby Road - Albany Road - then as normal.

Afternoon Journey:
As normal to Albany Road then - Peveril Road - Mourne View - Belle Vue - Ballaquane Road - Rowan Avenue - Raad Darragh (Oak Road) - Derby Road - Peel, Derby Road stop.

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