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==Railways== {{Main|Rail transport in the Isle of Man}} {{See|List of Isle of Man railway lines and locations}} The island has a total of {{convert|68.5|km|mi|abbr=on}} of railway. There are seven separate public rail or tram systems on the island: {|class="wikitable" !Railway!!Location!!Approx.<br>length<br>(km)!!Track!!Main<br>propulsion<br>method!!Gauge<br>(inches)!!Operation<br>(days per week)<br>(Seasonal)!!Operated by |- |[[Isle of Man Railway]]||Douglas - Port Erin||25||Single||Steam||rowspan="2"|36||rowspan="4"|7||rowspan="3"|[[Department of Transport (Isle of Man)|Department of Infrastructure]] |- |[[Manx Electric Railway]]||Douglas - Ramsey||27||Double||Electric |- |[[Snaefell Mountain Railway]]||Laxey - Snaefell Summit||8||Double||Electric||42 |- |[[Douglas Horse Tram]]||Douglas Promenade||3<sup>''a''</sup>||Double<sup>''a''</sup>||Equine||36||[[Douglas City Council]] |- |[[Groudle Glen Railway]]||Groudle Glen,<br>Lonan and Onchan||1||Single||Steam||24||1 or 2||Groudle Glen Railway (2012) Limited |- |[[Great Laxey Mine Railway]]||Laxey||0.4||Single||Steam||19||rowspan="2"|1||Laxey & Lonan Heritage Trust |- |[[Orchid Line]]||[[Curraghs Wildlife Park]],<br>Ballaugh||0.6||Single||Steam||{{frac|3|1|2}}, 5, {{frac|7|1|4}}||Manx Steam & Model Engineering Club |} <sup>''a''</sup> Reopened 2022, on a shortened route with its western terminus at Broadway. (The last three are short-distance tourist rides which cannot be said to be transport services.) All of these routes are seasonal.
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