| 词条 | Wick railway station |
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Wick railway station is a railway station serving the town of Wick, in the Highland council area in the north of Scotland. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, near Wick police station and Caithness General Hospital, within the former county of Caithness. HistoryThe station was designed by Murdoch Paterson and built by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, opening the line in 1874.[1][3] A wrought-iron turntable of {{convert|45|ft|m}} diameter built by the Railway Steel and Plant Company of Manchester was installed at the station[4] along with an engine shed with the capacity for housing four engines, and a special loading bank for the loading of herring for the southern markets. On 1 July 1903, the station became the junction with the Wick and Lybster Light Railway.[5] The last trains to Lybster ran in 1944, although the line was not officially closed until 1951. On 30 June 1909, Peter Doull, a coal trimmer, was killed by a train in the coal siding.[6] On 3 May 1941, a goods train going into the station collided with an empty carriage at the platform. The buffers failed to stop the carriage which was carried forward and piled up onto the platform, where one end crashed into the Menzies bookstall. The platform buffers were found buried beneath the wreckage of the bookstall.[7] The station is {{convert|161|mi|35|chain|km|lk=in}} from {{stnlnk|Inverness}}, and has a single platform which is long enough for a ten-coach train.{{sfn|Brailsford|2017|loc=map 20E}} TriviaOn 19 August 2017, Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe from All The Stations completed their 14-week journey at Wick, starting at Penzance[8] on 7 May 2017. This ended their challenge to visit all 2,563 railway stations in Great Britain.[9] ServicesAs a terminus station, Wick is served by Abellio ScotRail services from Inverness. Thurso station is also a terminus station, at the end of a branch line off the Inverness-Wick line at Georgemas Junction, but, after reaching Thurso, current services from Inverness continue back to {{Stnlnk|Georgemas Junction}} and then on to Wick, making Wick the de facto terminus for the service. Monday - Saturday
|previous = {{Stnlnk|Georgemas Junction}} |next = |route = Abellio ScotRail Far North Line |col = {{ScotRail colour}} }}{{Historical Rail Insert}}{{rail line |previous = {{Stnlnk|Bilbster}} Station closed; Line open |next = |route = Highland Railway Sutherland and Caithness Railway |col = {{HR colour}} |lightcol={{HR light}} }}{{Disused Rail Insert}}{{rail line |previous = {{Stnlnk|Thrumster}} Station and Line closed |next = |route = Wick and Lybster Railway Operated by Highland Railway |col = {{HR colour}} |lightcol={{HR light}} }}{{end box}} ReferencesNotes1. ^1 Butt (1995), page 250 2. ^{{cite web |title=WICK RAILWAY STATION |url=http://portal.historicenvironment.scot/designation/LB42321 |publisher=Historic Scotland |accessdate=26 February 2019}} 3. ^{{cite news |author= |title=The Sunderland and Caithness Railway |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000540/18740727/098/0005 |newspaper=The Scotsman |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=27 July 1874 |access-date=14 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 4. ^{{cite news |author= |title=The Sutherland and Caithness Railway |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000459/18740709/053/0006 |newspaper=John o’Groat Journal |location=Scotland |date=9 July 1874 |access-date=15 July 2017 |via=British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 5. ^{{cite news |author= |title=The Wick and Lybster Light Railway. The Opening Ceremony |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19030702/022/0005 |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=2 July 1903 |access-date=15 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 6. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Fatal Accident at Wick Railway Station |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000576/19090701/021/0004 |newspaper=Aberdeen Journal |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=1 July 1909 |access-date=15 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 7. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Wick Station Crash |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000573/19410508/065/0004 |newspaper=Aberdeen Weekly Journal |location=British Newspaper Archive |date=8 May 1941 |access-date=15 August 2016 |via = British Newspaper Archive |subscription=yes }} 8. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Train mad couple complete marathon 14-week journey to visit all of Britain's 2,563 railway stations|url=http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/gadgets-and-tech/train-mad-couple-complete-marathon-14-week-journey-to-visit-all-of-britain-s-2-563-railway-stations-1-8719226 |newspaper=The Yorkshire Post |date=24 August 2017 |access-date=30 August 2017 }} 9. ^{{cite news |author= |title=Meet Geoff and Vicki: The 'gorpcore' couple visiting every train station in Britain|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/women/life/meet-geoff-vicki-gorpcore-couple-visiting-every-train-station/ |newspaper=The Telegraph |date=12 August 2017 |access-date=30 August 2017 }} 10. ^GB eNRT May 2016 Edition, Table 239 (Network Rail) Sources
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