March opening for Snaefell cafe and railway

Saturday, 23 February 2019 06:59

By Rob Pritchard @rpritchard9

Services for the highest peak on the Island will open next month.

The Snaefell summit cafe and restaurant and mountain railway will open for business on March 26, with the cafe under new management with Caterleisure taking up the operations.

Meanwhile, Manx National Heritage has announced the Laxey Wheel and Castle Rushen are to open on weekends from March 8 along with the Isle of Man Steam Railway on the same date.

Finally, the Manx Electric Railway will return just over a week after that on March 16.

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