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LYBSTER RAILWAY STATION Latitude and Longitude:

58°18′16″N 3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841
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Lybster
Lybster railway station in 2008
General information
Location Lybster, Highland
Scotland
Coordinates 58°18′16″N 3°17′03″W / 58.3045°N 3.2841°W / 58.3045; -3.2841
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened1 July 1903; 121 years ago (1903-07-01)
Closed3 April 1944; 80 years ago (1944-04-03)
Original company Wick and Lybster Railway
Pre-grouping Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-grouping LMS

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

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.