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Manx Electric Cars 28–31

Isle of Man ·built by Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Co. Ltd· group of tramcars

Manx Electric Cars 28–31, photo 1 of 1
1/1 GKA· GFDL

what is it?

Car Nos. 28–31 are a group of tramcars for the Manx Electric Railway on the Isle of Man. The seventh and penultimate batch of motorcars to arrive are all extant today, though all are out of service.

who runs it

base stats

  • power 81 kWpower output
  • seats 56passengers
  • built 4made in total

Bars compare against all trains: 600 km/h (maglev), 1,700 seats; power, weight and number built on a log scale up to 20 MW, 1,000 t and 20,000 built.

spec sheet

built
—
number built
4
kind
tram / light rail
traction
electric
origin
Isle of Man
builders
Electric Railway & Tramway Carriage Co. Ltd
operators
Manx Electric Railway
top speed
—
power
81 kW
gauge
914 mm 3 ft narrow gauge
electric system
550 V DC
formation
Open Crossbench
capacity
56 passengers

From the Wikipedia infobox and Wikidata. Blank means the sources don't say.

Sources: Wikidata Q6753280, Wikipedia: Manx Electric Cars 28–31 (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-25.

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