Thrumster railway station

Thrumster was a railway station located at Thrumster, Highland, Scotland between Wick and Lybster. ^[2]The station building can still be seen alongside the main road in Thrumster.

Thrumster
Outside shot of Thrumster station
General information
Location	Thrumster, Highland Scotland
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Opened	1 July 1903; 121 years ago (1903-07-01)[1]
Closed	3 April 1944; 80 years ago (1944-04-03)[1]
Original company	Wick and Lybster Railway
Pre-grouping	Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS

In July 2023, "Thrumster Railway Station is officially switched on" and has become "the farthest north heritage station in the UK."^[3]

History

Latitude: 58° 23' 23.82" N Longitude: -3° 08' 10.75" W

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903. It was one of the five stations along the line.^[1][4] The Railway was shown in Schedule one of the RailwayAct 1921 as being part of part of The North Western, Midland, and West Scottish Group. ^[5]

As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944. It began to be used as a post office ^[1][6]

In 2011 Yarrows Heritage Trust restored the railway.^[7]

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

References

Notes

1. Butt (1995), p. 229
2. "Thrumster Station in Caithness NC500". Venture North. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
3. "PICTURES and VIDEO: Let there be light! Thrumster Railway Station is officially switched on 'We're the farthest north heritage station in the UK.'". JohnOGroat Journal. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
4. "Railway station". Yarrowsheritagetrust. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
5. "Railways Act 1921".
6. Quick, M. E. (2002). Railway passenger stations in England, Scotland and Wales – a chronology. Richmond: Railway and Canal Historical Society. p. 421. OCLC 931112387.
7. "Railway station". Yarrowsheritagetrust. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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.

58.3901°N 3.1362°W / 58.3901; -3.1362