Parkside Halt Railway Station
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Parkside Halt was a railway station located between
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History

The station was opened on the
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in 1938.Butt (1995), p. 181 As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.


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* * * Disused railway stations in Caithness Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1938 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1944 Former London, Midland and Scottish Railway stations {{Highland-railstation-stub