Welsh's Crossing Halt
General information
LocationBetween Ulbster and Thrumster, Highland
Scotland
Platforms1
Other information
StatusDisused
History
Opened27 January 1936 (1936-01-27)[1]
Closed3 April 1944 (1944-04-03)[2]
Original companyLMS
Post-groupingLMS

Welsh's Crossing Halt was a railway station located south of Thrumster, Highland between Wick and Lybster.

History

The station was opened as part of the Wick and Lybster Railway.[2] As with the other stations on the line, the station was closed from 3 April 1944.[2]

Preceding station   Disused railways   Following station
Ulbster
Station and Line closed
  Highland Railway
Wick and Lybster Light Railway
  Thrumster
Station and Line closed

References

Notes

  1. ↑ Railway Passenger Stations by M.Quick page 446
  2. 1 2 3 Butt (1995), p. 244

Sources

  • Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
  • Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.
  • Jowett, Alan (2000). Jowett's Nationalised Railway Atlas (1st ed.). Penryn, Cornwall: Atlantic Transport Publishers. ISBN 978-0-906899-99-1. OCLC 228266687.

58°22′27″N 3°09′21″W / 58.3743°N 3.1558°W / 58.3743; -3.1558


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