Three out of four prizes for Island tramway
The Manx Electric Railway has dominated proceedings at the British Trams Online Tram of the Year awards 2018, taking three out of the four top prizes.
The MER won accolades for the traditional tram of the year, tramway of the year and event of the year, with one commentator saying it was "always likely to be a case of how big the win would be".
Almost 82% of voters chose the MER as the tramway of the year in a landslide result, with the 125th birthday celebrations winning event of the year with more than a 77% backing.
The top prize for a traditional tram went to Ratchet Car 14, which only returned to service in September after a three-and-a-half-year painstaking restoration process, victorious by "one of the largest winning margins since the contest began" after more than two thirds of voters supported it.
Modern tram of the year was the only category not won by the Manx organisation, as none of its fleet were eligible.
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