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Hoy Station

Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) (1874)-(1965)

Site Name Hoy Station

Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century) (1874)-(1965)

Alternative Name(s) Hoy Railway Station

Canmore ID 8537

Site Number ND16SW 15

NGR ND 1480 6041

Datum OSGB36 - NGR

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Station buildings looking north
Station buildings looking northHoy Station, ND16SW 15, Ordnance Survey index card, Recto

Administrative Areas

  • Council Highland
  • Parish Thurso
  • Former Region Highland
  • Former District Caithness
  • Former County Caithness

Archaeology Notes

ND16SW 15 1480 6041

This is the only intermediate station on the Georgemas Junction - Thurso portion of the 'Far North' line of the former Highland Rly. It was opened (by the Sutherland and Caithness Rly) on 28 July 1874 and closed to regular passenger traffic on 29 November 1965.

Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 27 March 2001.

R V J Butt 1995.

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