The horse tramway is to be dramatically cut back as part of plans to get the £25m Promenade scheme finished by next Easter.

It’s a move that will not go down well with supporters of the horse tramway - or Tynwald members who voted to retain the full length of the line.

News that the tramway will now terminate at the War Memorial, rather than continue as a single track on the seaward side of the promenade, was revealed, almost in passing, in a myprom newsletter published tonight.

It states: ’Work in creating the new kerb line continues, this should now be completed ahead of schedule with the decision made to remove the single track Horse Tram line.

’The horse tram line will now terminate at the War Memorial.’