Monument record MHG1927 - Thrumster Station
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Location
| Grid reference | Centred ND 3367 4523 (40m by 40m) (Buffered by site type) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ND34NW |
| Old County | CAITHNESS |
| Civil Parish | WICK |
| Geographical Area | CAITHNESS |
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Full Description
Thrumster Station GR corrected to above from 2nd edition OS, NB buildng is on W side of railway line - HAW
Plans to renovate building 4/2003 - HAW
ND34NW 17 3366 4521
(Location cited as ND 337 452). Thrumster Station, built 1903 for the Wick and Lybster Light Rly. and the best-preserved station of that company. A small single-storey wooden building, four bays long, incorporating a tiny goods shed. On the platform side is a neat awning and adjacent to the station is the single-storey stationmaster's house.
J R Hume 1977.
This intermediate station on the Lybster branch of the former Highland Rly. was opened by the Wick and Lybster Light Rly. on 1 July 1903 and closed to regular passenger traffic in 1 April 1944.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 6 January 1999.
R V J Butt 1995.
Sources/Archives (2)
- --- SHG2009 Text/Publication/Volume: Butt, R V J. 1995. The directory of railway stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present. 229.
- --- SHG2332 Text/Publication/Volume: Hume, J R. 1977. The industrial archaeology of Scotland 2: The Highlands and Islands. Paper (Original). 199; pl. 86.
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Record last edited
Jan 28 2008 12:00AM
