Sanday Light Railway
Sanday Light Railway | |
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Service | |
Type | Passenger railway |
History | |
Opened | 1999 |
Closed | 2006 |
Technical | |
Line length | 1 mi (1.6 km) |
Track gauge | 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm) |
The Sanday Light Railway was a privately owned ridable miniature railway situated in Braeswick, on the island of Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
The railway was of 7+1⁄4 in (184 mm)
The railway sometimes ran one of its two
Although trains had been operating occasionally in some form beforehand,[2] the railway was officially opened to the public in August 2006 by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies[citation needed] just a few months before its closure, which was variously attributed to the owner being unable to keep his promise to hold Sir Peter's civil partnership ceremony there [3] or unreasonable demands placed upon the railway's operators by local council officials.
As of 2008, the owner was taking legal action against a number of organisations[4] over perceived discrimination and misconduct by those organisations in relation to the railway, its associated tea-rooms and the abortive civil partnership ceremony.
References
- ^ Julia Welstead (4 March 2006). "Do the Locomotion with Charlie". The Scotsman. Retrieved 21 November 2006.
- Times Educational Supplement. p. 8.
- ^ David Lister (6 January 2007). "Gay marriage of a royal master hits the buffers". The Times. Retrieved 28 January 2007.(subscription required)
- ^ "Sanday Light Railway". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008.
External links
- "Sanday Light Railway". Archived from the original on 3 April 2008.
- Map sources for Sanday Light Railway