Thurso railway station

Thurso
Scottish Gaelic: Inbhir Theòrsa
A train departing to Inverness
Location
Place	Thurso
Local authority	Highland
Coordinates	58.590°N 3.528°W / 58.590; -3.528
Operations
Station code	THS
Managed by	First ScotRail
Number of platforms	1
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	38,112
2004/05 *	37,338
2005/06 *	35,083
2006/07 *	32,906
2007/08 *	37,064
2008/09 *	43,450
2009/10 *	47,792
History
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
28 July 1874	Opened
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Thurso from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. Please note: methodology may vary year on year.

Thurso railway station is a railway station serving the town of Thurso, Highland, in the Highland council area, in the north of Scotland. The station is on the Far North Line, within the former county of Caithness. It is the northernmost station on the National Rail network: 248 km (154 mi) north of Inverness. It was founded in 1911.

While the station is at the terminus of the Thurso Branch, it is not the operational end of the Far North Line. The train, after arriving at Thurso, goes back to Georgemas Junction, before heading east for Wick, the terminus.

In the past, the four car train would split in half at Georgemas, with one half going to Wick, and the other to Thurso. Prior to the introduction of multiple unit trains, a locomotive would be based at Georgemas Junction to take the Thurso portion to and from the junction.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Terminus		First ScotRail Far North Line		Georgemas Junction
	Historical railways
Terminus		Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway Thurso Branch		Hoy Station closed; Line open

References

• Butt, R. V. J. (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 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 
• 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 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

RAILSCOT on Sutherland and Caithness Railway