Lybster railway station

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Lybster
Lybster railway station in 2008.jpg
Lybster railway station in 2008
LocationLybster, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates58°18′16″N 3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841Coordinates: 58°18′16″N 3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Original companyWick and Lybster Railway
Pre-groupingWick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-groupingLMS
Key dates
1 July 1903Open
3 April 1944Closed

Lybster was a railway station located on the Wick and Lybster Railway in the Highland area of Scotland. The station building now serves as the clubhouse for the Lybster golf course

History[]

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903.[1]

The station had a loop, a goods yard with several sidings and a 1½ ton crane to the south of the passenger facilities and a turntable accessed from the goods yard.[2][3]

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1937 to 1938.[4]

As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.[1]


Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Terminus   Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
   Parkside Halt
Station and Line closed

References[]

Notes[]

  1. ^ a b Butt (1995), p. 151
  2. ^ "Lybster station on OS 25inch map Caithness XXXIV.9 (Latheron)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  3. ^ The Railway Clearing House (1970), p.351
  4. ^ McRae (1997), page 22

Sources[]

  • 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 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199.
  • McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. ISBN 1-870119-48-7.
  • The Railway Clearing House (1970) [1904]. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904 (1970 D&C Reprint ed.). Newton Abbot: David & Charles Reprints. ISBN 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading[]

  • 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 on Wick and Lybster Railway


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