Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of
WickWick is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay...
, in the
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
council area in the north of
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. The station is the terminus of the
Far North LineThe Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick.- Route :...
, near Wick
police stationA police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.-Regional...
and
Caithness General HospitalCaithness General Hospital is an NHS Highland and Argyll hospital in Wick, Caithness, Highland, Scotland.In 2003 a review of maternity services by NHS Highland and Argyll raised the possibility that these services at Caithness General would be down-graded from obstetrician-led to midwife-led. This...
, within the former county of Caithness.
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Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of
WickWick is an estuary town and a royal burgh in the north of the Highland council area of Scotland. Historically, it is one of two burghs within the county of Caithness, of which Wick was the county town. The town straddles the River Wick and extends along both sides of Wick Bay...
, in the
HighlandThe Highland Council area is a local government area in the Scottish Highlands and the largest local government area in both Scotland and the United Kingdom as a whole. It shares borders with the council areas of Moray, Aberdeenshire, Perth and Kinross, and Argyll and Bute...
council area in the north of
ScotlandScotland 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 is the terminus of the
Far North LineThe Far North Line is a rural railway line entirely within the Highland area of Scotland, extending from Inverness to Thurso and Wick.- Route :...
, near Wick
police stationA police station or station house is a building which serves to accommodate police officers and other members of staff. These buildings often contain offices and accommodation for personnel and vehicles, along with locker rooms, temporary holding cells and interview/interrogation rooms.-Regional...
and
Caithness General HospitalCaithness General Hospital is an NHS Highland and Argyll hospital in Wick, Caithness, Highland, Scotland.In 2003 a review of maternity services by NHS Highland and Argyll raised the possibility that these services at Caithness General would be down-graded from obstetrician-led to midwife-led. This...
, within the former county of Caithness.
History
The station was built by the
Sutherland and Caithness RailwayThe Sutherland and Caithness Railway was a railway worked by, and later absorbed by the Highland Railway running through Sutherland and Caithness, Scotland. Caithness and Sutherland are former counties, and former districts of the Highland region.- History :...
, opening with line in 1874. On 1 July 1903, the station became the junction with the Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The last trains to Lybster ran in 1944, although the line was not officially closed until 1951.
Services
ThursoThurso is a town and former burgh on the north coast of the Highland council area of Scotland...
station also features an end to this line, but after reaching Thurso, services from
InvernessInverness is a city in northern Scotland. The city is the administrative centre for the Highland council area, and is promoted as the capital of the Highlands of Scotland...
turn back to before heading east for Wick, making Wick the
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terminus.
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