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Wick To Lybster Light Railway, Occumster Station
Railway Station (20th Century) - (20th Century) (1903)-(1951)
Site Name Wick To Lybster Light Railway, Occumster Station
Classification Railway Station (20th Century) - (20th Century) (1903)-(1951)
Alternative Name(s) Occumster Railway Station
Canmore ID 8596
Site Number ND23NE 28
NGR ND 2646 3616
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/8596
- Council Highland
- Parish Latheron
- Former Region Highland
- Former District Caithness
- Former County Caithness
ND23NE 28 2646 3616
This intermediate station on the Wick - Lybster branch of the former Highland Rly was opened (by the Wick and Lybster Light Rly) on 1 July 1903. It closed to regular passenger traffic on 1 April 1944.
R V J Butt 1995.
A single-storey, three-bay wooden building with hipped roof and platform awning.
Information from RCAHMS (SC), 2 August 1999.
