Electric Railway Sign

Summary

The requester asked why the Electric Railway sign lights are not changed to different colors for events like other landmarks. The Department of Infrastructure disclosed that they do not routinely change the lights, have only received one request since installation, and are currently unable to program the controls because the supplier has not provided necessary guidance.

Key Facts

• The Department does not routinely change the lighting colors.
• Only one request to change the colors has been received since the lighting was installed.
• The original staff who commissioned the project have left the organization.
• Guidance from the supplier is required to program and set the lighting controls.
• The supplier has not yet been able to assist with the programming guidance.

Data Disclosed

• 2025-11-20
• 2025-11-26
• 5103549
• one request
• 2 pages
• 1 document

Original Request

The Electric Railway sign lights up in various different colours not just white, these can be changed for certain events such as Breast Cancer Awareness etc. The lights also match the lights running along the Prom. Why are the lights never changed to different colours when numerous landmarks across the IOM are changed multiple times a year to coincide with specific dates. Many Thanks Mike

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

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: 5103549 25 November 2025

Dear ###

We write further to your request, received 20 November 2025, which states:

"The Electric Railway sign lights up in various different colours not just white, these can be changed for certain events such as Breast Cancer Awareness etc. The lights also match the lights running along the Prom.

Why are the lights never changed to different colours when numerous landmarks across the IOM are changed multiple times a year to coincide with specific dates.

Many Thanks"

Our response to your request is as follows: I have detailed below the information that is being released to you.

The Department does not routinely change lighting but will consider requests from responsible organisations. Since the lighting was installed, we have only received one request to change the colours.

Guidance from the supplier is required to enable us to programme and set the lighting controls, as the original staff who commissioned the project have left the organisation. Although this guidance has been requested, the supplier has not yet been able to assist. Once the process is established, we will be in a position to review and potentially action future requests.

Please quote the reference number 5103549 in any future communications.

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