Lybster railway station
Encyclopedia
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
on 1 July 1903.. As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed on 3 April 1944.
Wick and Lybster Railway
The Wick and Lybster Light Railway was a light railway worked by the Highland Railway in Caithness, Scotland following a coastal route south from Wick to Lybster. It was intended to profit from the fishery based in Lybster but the harbour declined not long after the line opened...
in the Highland area of Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. 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 RailwayWick and Lybster Railway
The Wick and Lybster Light Railway was a light railway worked by the Highland Railway in Caithness, Scotland following a coastal route south from Wick to Lybster. It was intended to profit from the fishery based in Lybster but the harbour declined not long after the line opened...
on 1 July 1903.. As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed on 3 April 1944.