Station code WCK 2011/12 24,844 Opened 28 July 1874 Added to list 28 November 1984 | Grid reference ND360509 2012/13 22,788 Number of platforms 1 | |
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Listing grade Category B listed building (since 15 December 1998) Similar Georgemas Junction railway st, Thurso railway station, Forsinard railway station, Scotscalder railway station, Altnabreac railway station | ||
Wick railway station caithness scotland
Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness.
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- Wick railway station caithness scotland
- 158704 at wick railway station 18th june 2011
- History
- Services
- References
158704 at wick railway station 18th june 2011
History
The station was built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, opening the line in 1874. On 1 July 1903, the station became the junction with the Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The last trains to Lybster ran in 1944, although the line was not officially closed until 1951.
On 30 June 1909, Peter Doull, a coal trimmer, was killed by a train in the coal siding.
On 3 May 1941, a goods train going into the station collided with an empty carriage at the platform. The buffers failed to stop the carriage which was carried forward and piled up onto the platform, where one end crashed into the Menzies bookstall. The platform buffers were found buried beneath the wreckage of the bookstall.
Services
Wick is served by Abellio ScotRail services from Inverness.
Thurso station is also a terminus station, at the end of a branch line off the Inverness-Wick line at Georgemas Junction, but, after reaching Thurso, current services from Inverness continue back to Georgemas Junction and then on to Wick, making Wick the de facto terminus for the service.
Monday - Saturday
Sunday