Ulbster railway station

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Ulbster
General information
Location Ulbster, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1903;121 years ago (1903-07-01) [1]
Closed3 April 1944;80 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

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

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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 to passenger traffic from 3 April 1944. [1] [2] It was closed to goods traffic on 1 December 1951. [3] [4]

The site is now largely grassed over. The former station master's house is a private dwelling. [4]

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

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References

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), p. 237
  2. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 432. OCLC   931112387.
  3. "MHG2194 Ulbster Station". Highland Historic Environment Record. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Wick To Lybster Light Railway, Ulbster Station". Canmore: national record of the historic environment. Historic Environment Scotland. Retrieved 26 September 2024.

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