---

Manx Name:      Raad Purt Ny H'inshey

Preceding:        St. John's

Next:                  St. Germain's

Distance:         11 Miles, 12 Chains (From Douglas)

Opened:           1st June 1883

Closed:             31st July 1951

Origins
This station opened as originally as "Poortown" in June 1883 after requests from locals to be served by the railway and was situated close to the small hamlet of the same name on the outskirts of the westerly town of Peel; the facilities consisted of a simple wooden station building and a small raised platform, later accompanied by a grounded "E" van body used as a permanent way store. When the station was renamed "Peel Road" in 1885 it was to reflect the fact that it was the M.N.R. station closest to Peel itself but literature fluctuates from year to year and the station was variously titled at this time until the I.M.R. takeover and after 1906 it is consistantly titled "Peel Road".

Siding & Quarry
At one time there was a sharply curving siding off the running line which facilitated the collection of stone from the nearby quarry, the siding left the running line north of the overbridge. This siding led to a high level loading bank served by a 2ft gauge horse-drawn line from the nearby Poortown Quarry. The line is believed to have gone out of use by 1939; as late as 2002 some sleepers from the two-foot gauge line were still extant on the site.

Later Years & Closure
The station was closed in June 1951, having become an unstaffed halt after 1937. It was however still in evidence during the final season of operation in 1968 when the building, van body and platform were still in situ. These were demolished when the railway was lifted in 1975 and as of 2009 there is little evidence of any station here, other than the vague outline of the old platform in the undergrowth and of course the nearby overbridge carrying the road from which it gains its name.