Wick and Lybster Railway
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Stations (north to south) Stations in bold are still open
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The Wick and Lybster Railway was a light railway worked by, and later absorbed by the Highland Railway in Caithness, Scotland following a coastal route south from Wick to Lybster. It was built under the Light Railways Act 1896.
History
The line was absorbed by the Highland Railway in 1903, which in turn became part of the LMS in 1923. It closed after a short life in 1944.
References
RAILSCOT on Wick and Lybster Railway
Railway lines in Scotland |
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Main lines | East Coast · West Coast · Ayrshire Coast · Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Carstairs) · Glasgow-Edinburgh (via Falkirk) · Edinburgh-Aberdeen · Glasgow South Western · Highland |
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Glasgow commuter lines | █ Argyle · █ Ayrshire Coast · █ Cathcart Circle · █ Croy · █ Cumbernauld · █ Inverclyde · █ Maryhill · █ Motherwell-Cumbernauld · █ North Clyde · █ Paisley Canal · █ Shotts · █ South Western · █ Whifflet |
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Edinburgh commuter lines | █ Bathgate · █ Crossrail · █ Dunblane · █ Fife Circle · █ North Berwick · █ Shotts |
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Rural lines | Aberdeen-Inverness · Far North · Kyle of Lochalsh · Tay Coast · West Highland |
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Future lines | Waverley · Airdrie to Bathgate · Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine Rail Link · Edinburgh Airport Rail Link · Glasgow Airport Rail Link · Glasgow Crossrail · Aberdeen Crossrail |
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Historical Scottish Railway Companies | Aberdeen Railway · Alloa Railway · Arbroath and Forfar · Ardrossan Railway · Annbank to Cronberry · Ayr and Dalmellington · Ayr to Mauchline · Ayrshire and Wigtownshire · Ballochney · Bathgate and Coatbridge · Brechin and Edzell District · Bridge of Weir Railway · Busby Railway · Caledonian Railway · Callander and Oban · Cathcart District · City Union · Clydesdale Junction · Crieff & Methven · Crieff Junction · Crieff and Comrie - Darvel Branch · Denburn Valley Line · Duke of Sutherland · Dunblane, Doune & Callander · Dundee and Arbroath · Dundee and Perth · Formartine and Buchan · Edinburgh and Dalkeith · Edinburgh and Glasgow · Edinburgh and Hawick · Edinburgh Suburban and Southside Junction · Forfar and Brechin · General Terminus and Glasgow Harbour · Girvan and Portpatrick Junction · Glasgow and Garnkirk · Glasgow and Paisley Joint · Glasgow and Renfrew District · Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint · Glasgow Central Railway · Glasgow City and District · Glasgow, Dumbarton and Helensburgh · Glasgow, Dumfries and Carlisle · Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr · Glasgow, Paisley and Greenock · Glasgow, Yoker and Clydebank · Great North of Scotland · Greenock and Ayrshire · Greenock and Wemyss Bay · Invergarry and Fort Augustus · Inverness and Aberdeen Junction · Inverness and Nairn · Inverness and Ross-shire · Kilbarchan Loop · Killin Railway · Kilmarnock and Troon · Kincardine Line · Lanarkshire and Ayrshire · Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire · Leadhills and Wanlockhead · Lochearnhead, St Fillans and Comrie · Maidens and Dunure · Mallaig Extension · Monkland and Kirkintilloch · Morayshire Railway · North British, Arbroath and Montrose · Paisley and Barrhead District · Paisley and Renfrew · Perth, Almond Valley & Methven · Polloc and Govan · Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint · Rutherglen and Coatbridge · Slamannan · Scottish Central Railway · Scottish Midland Junction · Stirling and Dunfermline · Sutherland and Caithness · Sutherland Railway · West Highland Railway · Wick and Lybster · Wilsontown, Morningside and Coltness · Wishaw and Coltness Railway |
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