Welsh's Crossing Halt railway station

Welsh's Crossing Halt was a railway station located south of Thrumster, Highland between Wick and Lybster.

Welsh's Crossing Halt
General information
LocationBetween Ulbster and Thrumster, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened27 January 1936 (1936-01-27)[1]
Closed3 April 1944 (1944-04-03)[2]
Original companyLMS
Post-groupingLMS

History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway.[2] As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ulbster
Station and Line closed
  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
  Thrumster
Station and Line closed

References

Notes

  1. Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 446
  2. Butt (1995), p. 244

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.

58.3743°N 3.1558°W / 58.3743; -3.1558


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