Wick
Station 87
Rudy arrived at 11:31 on a train from Golspie and departed on the 12:34 service to Thurso.
Wick Station
Wick is the last stop on the Far North Line, four & a half hours journey from Inverness.
Opened in July 1874 as the furthest terminus of the Far North Line the station building at Wick is almost identical to the one at Thurso. The station was surprisingly built a distance from the harbour causing an extra hurdle for the fishing boats to transport their catches to the good yard.
The earliest plan for a railway here was formed in 1866 just to connect Wick and Thurso but the funding target was never reached. The successful plan a few years later involved connecting to the Duke of Sutherland’s Railway and so to the rest of the Scottish rail network. The line built meandered inland rather than a more direct route to Wick which reportedly caused bad feeling & a lasting disdain towards the railway here!
Between 1903 and 1944 Wick lost it’s “end of the line” status with trains running an extra 13 miles on the Wick and Lybster Light Railway.
Wick
Wick was transformed by it’s harbour completed in 1811 becoming the centre of fishing and trade in Caithness. Wick River runs through the centre of the town.
Ebenezer Place in Wick is recognised a the world’s shortest street.
Between trains Rudy took a short walk along the River Wick and across the Coghill Bridge.
Wick is the last station on the Far North Line. Four trains a day leave for Inverness and four trains a day arrive from Inverness.
Information correct as of late 2021
There is a staffed booking office and toilets open from around 10:30am to 5pm