Welsh's Crossing Halt railway station

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Welsh's Crossing Halt
General information
LocationBetween Ulbster and Thrumster, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened27 January 1936;89 years ago (1936-01-27) [1]
Closed3 April 1944;81 years ago (1944-04-03) [2]
Original company LMS
Post-grouping LMS
Location
Welsh's Crossing Halt railway station

Welsh's Crossing Halt was a railway station located south of Thrumster, Highland between Wick and Lybster as part of the Wick and Lybster Light Railway. It officially opened in 1903, and was closed, along with the rest of the line, in 1944.

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History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway, [3] [2] which was built to act as transportation between the towns of Wick and Lybster, Caithness.After the line was permanently closed on 3 April 1944, the station was closed. [2] While the general location of the trackbed is still visible, the station has disappeared. [4]

Preceding stationDisused railwaysFollowing station
Ulbster
Station and Line closed		  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
  Thrumster
Station and Line closed

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 446
  2. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), p. 244
  3. ↑ "Caithness CWS - Yarrows Heritage Trust - Index". www.caithness.org. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. ↑ Contributors, Ewan Crawford. "Welsh's Crossing Halt - RAILSCOT". www.railscot.co.uk. Archived from the original on 28 July 2024. Retrieved 16 October 2025.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

Sources

58°22′27″N3°09′21″W / 58.3743°N 3.1558°W / 58.3743; -3.1558


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