Railway Inspectorate Horse Tramway Reports

Summary

The requester asked for Railway Inspectorate reports on the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway, specifically regarding pointwork issues mentioned by Minister Crookall. The Department of Infrastructure responded that no such reports exist and could not find the referenced ministerial statement, though they provided some email correspondence on the matter.

Key Facts

• The Department of Infrastructure could not find any reference to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway reports by the Minister in the House of Keys sitting on 8th February 2022.
• No formal reports written by the Railway Inspectorate were provided to the Department regarding the tramway.
• Email correspondence from the Railway Inspectorate relating to point work was provided as Appendix 1.
• The request was received on 14 February 2022 and closed on 9 March 2022.
• The outcome was classified as 'Some information sent but not all held'.

Data Disclosed

• 2261825
• 2022-02-14
• 2022-03-09
• 8th February 2022
• 5
• 2
• 01624 686785

Original Request

Dear DOI, Please provide copies of reports from the Railway Inspectorate in relation to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. In particular relating to the pointwork/track issues as referenced by Minister Crookall during the House of Keys sitting on 8th February 2022.

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Appendix 1

Department of Infrastructure Sea Terminal Building, Douglas, Isle of Man, IM1 2RF

Contact: FOI Response Team Telephone: (01624) 686785 Email: dpo-doi@gov.im

Our ref: 2261825 9 March 2022

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 14 February 2022 and which states:

"Dear DOI, Please provide copies of reports from the Railway Inspectorate in relation to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway. In particular relating to the pointwork/track issues as referenced by Minister Crookall during the House of Keys sitting on 8th February 2022."

Our response to your request is as follows: The Department of Infrastructure cannot find any reference to the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway reports by the Minister in the 8th February 2022 House of Keys sitting. Further to this, there were no reports written by the Railway Inspectorate that were provided to the Department. The Railway Inspectorate did provide some email correspondence to the Department in relation to the point work, provided in Appendix 1.

Please quote the reference number 2261825 in any future communications.

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