Occumster | |
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The site of the station in 2015 | |
General information | |
Location | Between Ulbster and Lybster, Highland Scotland |
Platforms | 1 |
Other information | |
Status | Disused |
History | |
Opened | 1 July 1903; 121 years ago (1903-07-01) |
Closed | 3 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 |
Occumster was a railway station located between Wick and Lybster, Highland.
History
The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.
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Preceding station | Disused railways | Following station | ||
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Parkside Halt Station and Line closed |
Highland Railway Wick and Lybster Light Railway |
Roster Road Halt Station and Line closed |
References
Notes
- ^ Butt (1995), p. 176
- Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 325. OCLC 931112387.
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°18′28″N 3°15′23″W / 58.3078°N 3.2565°W / 58.3078; -3.2565
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