Watten railway station

Watten
Watten disused railway station and the Far North Line
General information
Location	Loch Watten, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	58°29′01″N3°17′07″W / 58.4835°N 3.2853°W / 58.4835; -3.2853
Grid reference	ND250557
Platforms	2
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Key dates
28 July 1874	Opened
13 June 1960	Closed
Location

Watten was a railway station located at the east end of Loch Watten, Highland between Halkirk and Wick, Scotland.

The station opened on 28 July 1874. ^[1] The station master from 1876 to 1909 was Mr. Phimster. ^[2]

It was one of a number of smaller stations on the Far North Line which were closed in 1960.

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.

References

1. "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway" . The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
2. "Presentation to Mr and Mrs Phimster, Watten Station" . John o’Groat Journal. Scotland. 30 April 1909. Retrieved 15 July 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.

External links

• RAILSCOT on Sutherland and Caithness Railway Archived 27 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine
• RAILSCOT page on Watten

Preceding station	Historical railways			Following station
Bower Station closed; Line open		Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway		Bilbster Station closed; Line open