Wick and Lybster Light 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 local government and the Treasury. It was worked by the Highland Railway.
| Wick and Lybster Light Railway | |
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Remains of Thrumster railway station | |
| Overview | |
| Locale | Scotland |
| Stations | 8 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1 July 1903 |
| Closed | 3 April 1944 |
| Technical | |
| Line length | 13 miles 39 chains (21.7 km) |
| Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
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The line was never heavily used and the anticipated expansion of the fishing trade did not take place. When a modern road to the south was built in the 1930s, transits from Lybster were considerably shorter and quicker by that means, and the railway closed completely in 1944.
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