Lybster railway station
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
Lybster | |
|---|---|
 Lybster railway station in 2008 | |
| General information | |
| Location | Lybster, Highland Scotland |
| Coordinates | 58.3045°N 3.2841°W |
| Platforms | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Status | Disused |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1903 |
| Closed | 3 April 1944 |
| Original company | Wick and Lybster Railway |
| Pre-grouping | Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway |
| Post-grouping | LMS |
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
- Butt (1995), p. 151
- "Lybster station on OS 25inch map Caithness XXXIV.9 (Latheron)". National Library of Scotland. 1906. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
- The Railway Clearing House (1970), p.351
- McRae (1997), page 22
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.
- McRae, Andrew (1997). British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Vol. 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.
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