Lybster railway station

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Lybster
Lybster railway station in 2008.jpg
Lybster railway station in 2008
General information
Location Lybster, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates 58°18′16″N3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841 Coordinates: 58°18′16″N3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1903;119 years ago (1903-07-01)
Closed3 April 1944;78 years ago (1944-04-03)
Original company Wick and Lybster Railway
Pre-grouping Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS

Lybster was a railway station located on the Wick and Lybster Railway in the Highland area of Scotland. The station building now serves as the clubhouse for the Lybster golf course

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History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. [1]

The station had a loop, a goods yard with several sidings and a 1½ ton crane to the south of the passenger facilities and a turntable accessed from the goods yard. [2] [3]

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1937 to 1938. [4]

As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944. [1]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Terminus  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
  Parkside Halt
Station and Line closed

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 Butt (1995), p. 151
  2. "Lybster station on OS 25inch map Caithness XXXIV.9 (Latheron)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. The Railway Clearing House (1970), p.351
  4. McRae (1997), page 22

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