Lybster railway station explained

Lybster
Status:	Disused
Borough:	Lybster, Highland
Country:	Scotland
Coordinates:	58.3045°N -3.2841°W
Platforms:	1
Original:	Wick and Lybster Railway
Pregroup:	Wick and Lybster Railway operated by Highland Railway
Postgroup:	LMS

Lybster was a railway station located on the Wick and Lybster Railway in the Highland area of Scotland. The station building now serves as the clubhouse for the Lybster golf course

History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway on 1 July 1903.^[1]

The station had a loop, a goods yard with several sidings and a 1½ ton crane to the south of the passenger facilities and a turntable accessed from the goods yard.^{[2] [3]}

The station was host to a LMS caravan from 1937 to 1938.^[4]

As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.

References

Sources

• • Book: McRae, Andrew. British Railway Camping Coach Holidays: The 1930s & British Railways (London Midland Region). Scenes from the Past: 30 (Part One). Foxline. 1997. 1-870119-48-7.
• Book: The Railway Clearing House. 1904. 1970. 1970 D&C Reprint. The Railway Clearing House Handbook of Railway Stations 1904. Newton Abbot. David & Charles Reprints. 0-7153-5120-6.

Further reading

Notes and References

1. Butt (1995), p. 151
2. Web site: Lybster station on OS 25inch map Caithness XXXIV.9 (Latheron). 1906. National Library of Scotland . 28 June 2020.
3. The Railway Clearing House (1970), p.351
4. McRae (1997), page 22