Thrumster was a railway station located at Thrumster,

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Wick Wick most often refers to: * Capillary action ("wicking") ** Candle wick, the cord used in a candle or oil lamp ** Solder wick, a copper-braided wire used to desolder electronic contacts Wick or WICK may also refer to: Places and placenames ...

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Lybster Lybster (, gd, Liabost) is a village on the east coast of Caithness in northern Scotland. It was once a big herring fishing port. The Waterlines heritage museum is located in Lybster Harbour and provides information on the history and geology o ...

. The station building can still be seen alongside the main road in Thrumster.

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 The Wick and Lybster Light Railway was a light railway opened in 1903, with the intention of opening up the fishing port of Lybster, in Caithness, Scotland, to the railway network at Wick. Its construction was heavily supported financially by l ...

on 1 July 1903. It was one of the five stations along the line.Butt (1995), p. 229 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. 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 In 2011 Yarrows Heritage Trust restored the railway.

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* * * Disused railway stations in Caithness Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1903 Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1944 William Roberts railway stations {{Highland-railstation-stub