Thrumster railway station

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Thrumster
Thrumster Station Outside.jpg
Outside shot of Thrumster station
General information
Location Thrumster, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1903;120 years ago (1903-07-01) [1]
Closed3 April 1944;79 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

Thrumster was a railway station located at Thrumster, Highland, Scotland between Wick and Lybster. The station building can still be seen alongside the main road in Thrumster.

Contents

History

Latitude: 58° 23' 23.82" N Longitude: -3° 08' 10.75" W

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. It was one of the five stations along the line. [1] [2] The Railway was shown in Schedule one of the RailwayAct 1921 as being part of part of The North Western, Midland, and West Scottish Group. [3]

As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944. It began to be used as a post office [1] [4]

In 2011 Yarrows Heritage Trust restored the railway. [5]

Preceding station Disused railways Following station
Welsh's Crossing Halt
Station and Line closed		  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
  Wick
Station open; Line closed

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), p. 229
  2. ↑ "Railway station". Yarrowsheritagetrust. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  3. ↑ "Railways Act 1921".
  4. ↑ Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 421. OCLC   931112387.
  5. ↑ "Railway station". Yarrowsheritagetrust. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

Sources

58°23′24″N3°08′10″W / 58.3901°N 3.1362°W / 58.3901; -3.1362


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