Occumster railway station

Occumster
The site of the station in 2015
General information
Location	Between Ulbster and Lybster, Highland Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 July 1903;121 years ago (1903-07-01) [1]
Closed	3 April 1944;81 years ago (1944-04-03) [1]
Original company	Wick and Lybster Railway
Pre-grouping	Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS

Occumster was a railway station located between Wick and Lybster, Highland.

History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. ^[1] As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944. ^{[1] [2]} The station was used as a Post Office after it was decommissioned as a station. It burnt down in the 1980's.

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

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 176
2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 325. OCLC   931112387.

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC   60251199. OL   11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN   978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC   22311137.
• Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN   978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC   228266687.

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