Thrumster railway station

Thrumster
Outside shot of Thrumster station
Location
Place	Thrumster
Area	Highland
Operations
Original company	Wick and Lybster Railway
Pre-grouping	Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Platforms	1
History
1 July 1903	Open^[1]
1 April 1944	Closed^[1]
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Thrumster was a railway station located at Thrumster, Highland, Scotland between Wick and Lybster. The station building can still be seen alongside the main road in Thrumster.

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 on 1 April 1944.^[1]

Preceding station	Disused railways			Following station
Welsh's Crossing Halt Station and Line closed		Wick and Lybster Railway Operated by Highland Railway		Wick Station open; Line closed

References

Notes

1 2 3 4 Butt (1995), page 229

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 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.
Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 0-9068-9999-0. OCLC 228266687.
RAILSCOT on Wick and Lybster Railway

Coordinates: 58°23′24″N 3°08′10″W / 58.3901°N 3.1362°W / 58.3901; -3.1362

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