Wick railway station
Wick | |
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General information | |
Location | Highland |
Managed by | First ScotRail |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Station code | WCK |
History | |
Original company | Sutherland and Caithness Railway |
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway |
Post-grouping | LMS |
Key dates | |
28 July 1874 | Opened[1] |
Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness.
History
The station was built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, opening the line in 1874.[1] On 1 July 1903, the station became the junction with the Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The last trains to Lybster ran in 1944, although the line was not officially closed until 1951.
Services
Thurso station also features an end point to this line, but after reaching Thurso, services from Inverness turn back to Georgemas Junction before heading east for Wick, making Wick the de facto terminus.
Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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Georgemas Junction | style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | First ScotRail Far North Line |
style="background:#Template:First ScotRail colour; color:inherit; border-left: 0px none; border-right: 0px none; border-top:1px #aaa solid; border-bottom:0px none;" | | Terminus |
Historical railways | ||||
Bilbster Station closed; Line open |
Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway |
Terminus | ||
Disused railways | ||||
Thrumster Station and Line closed |
Wick and Lybster Railway Operated by Highland Railway |
Terminus |
References
Notes
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.
- Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.
- Railscot: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
- Railscot: Wick and Lybster Light Railway