Wick railway station

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Wick

Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Ùige [1]
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158701 Wick.jpg
158701 standing at Wick
General information
Location Wick, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates 58°26′30″N3°05′51″W / 58.4416°N 3.0975°W / 58.4416; -3.0975
Grid reference ND360509
Managed by ScotRail
Platforms1
Other information
Station codeWCK [2]
History
Opened28 July 1874;150 years ago (1874-07-28) [3]
Original company Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS
Passengers
2019/20Decrease2.svg 16,664
Bilbster
Line open, station closed		  Highland Railway
Sutherland and Caithness Railway
 Terminus
Disused railways
Thrumster
Line and station closed		  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Railway
 Terminus

Cultural References

On 19 August 2017, Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe, presenters of the documentary series All the Stations , completed their 14-week journey at Wick, having started at Penzance [15] on 7 May 2017. That marked the end of their successful project to visit all 2,563 railway stations in Great Britain. [16]

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References

  1. ↑ Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
  2. ↑ Deaves, Phil. "Railway Codes". railwaycodes.org.uk. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
  3. 1 2 Butt (1995), page 250
  4. ↑ "WICK RAILWAY STATION". Historic Scotland. Retrieved 26 February 2019.
  5. ↑ Bridge, Mike, ed. (2017). TRACKatlas of Mainland Britain: A Comprehensive Geographic Atlas Showing the Rail Network of Great Britain (3rd ed.). Sheffield: Platform 5 Publishing Ltd. p. 104. ISBN   978-1909431-26-3.
  6. ↑ "The Sunderland and Caithness Railway" . The Scotsman. British Newspaper Archive. 27 July 1874. Retrieved 14 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "The Sutherland and Caithness Railway" . John o’Groat Journal. Scotland. 9 July 1874. Retrieved 15 July 2017– via British Newspaper Archive.
  8. ↑ "The Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The Opening Ceremony" . Aberdeen Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 2 July 1903. Retrieved 15 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. 1 2 eNRT December 2021 Edition, Table 219 (Network Rail)
  10. ↑ "Lord-Lieutenant of Caithness says Queen will be remembered with 'affection and gratitude'". JohnOGroat Journal. 8 September 2022. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  11. ↑ "Fatal Accident at Wick Railway Station" . Aberdeen Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 1 July 1909. Retrieved 15 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
  12. ↑ "Wick Station Crash" . Aberdeen Weekly Journal. British Newspaper Archive. 8 May 1941. Retrieved 15 August 2016– via British Newspaper Archive.
  13. ↑ Brailsford 2017, map 20E.
  14. 1 2 3 "Facilities". ScotRail. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  15. ↑ "Train mad couple complete marathon 14-week journey to visit all of Britain's 2,563 railway stations". The Yorkshire Post. 24 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.
  16. ↑ "Meet Geoff and Vicki: The 'gorpcore' couple visiting every train station in Britain". The Telegraph. 12 August 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2017.

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