page_title: Kirk Michael railway station
section_title: Locale
hierarchical_section_title: Kirk Michael railway station / Locale
caption_attribution_description: English: Lychgate, Kirk Michael, Isle of Man Entrance to St Michael and All Angels church. The lychgate was built in 1907, the foundation stone was laid by Lord Raglan.
context_page_description: Kirk Michael Railway Station was an intermediate station on the Manx Northern Railway, which ran between St. John's and Ramsey in the Isle of Man, later owned and operated by the Isle of Man Railway; it served the village of Kirk Michael.
context_section_description: The station was near the centre of Kirk Michael, on a minor road leading to the coast. At the top of Station Road the follows spreads out; nearby were a branch of the Isle of Man Bank (closed in 2014 after over 100 years of service), the Mitre Hotel, the local primary school, village stores, local blacksmith, village butchers and the imposing Kirk Michael church with its oak-carved lychgate. The main road through the village forms part of the famous TT mountain circuit. After the railway closed, a steam centre was established not far from the station and this became home to a number of related items, most notably the locomotive Sea Lion from the Groudle Glen Railway. This facility was occasionally open to the public, but closed in 1984; much of the exhibits were relocated both on and off island. Several of them may be found today at the Jurby Transport Museum forming part of the John Walton Collection.
caption: Church Lychgate
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