General information | |||||
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Location | Wick, Highland Scotland | ||||
Coordinates | 58°26′30″N 3°05′51″W / 58.4416°N 3.0975°W | ||||
Grid reference | ND360509 | ||||
Managed by | ScotRail | ||||
Platforms | 1 | ||||
Other information | |||||
Station code | WCK[2] | ||||
History | |||||
Opened | 28 July 1874[3] | ||||
Original company | Sutherland and Caithness Railway | ||||
Pre-grouping | Highland Railway | ||||
Post-grouping | LMS | ||||
Passengers | |||||
2019/20 | 16,664 | ||||
2020/21 | 3,442 | ||||
2021/22 | 12,980 | ||||
2022/23 | 14,924 | ||||
2023/24 | 16,726 | ||||
Listed Building – Category B | |||||
Designated | 28 November 1984 (amended 15 December 1998) | ||||
Reference no. | LB42321[4] | ||||
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Wick railway station is a railway station located in Wick, in the Highland council area in the far north of Scotland. It serves the town of Wick and other surrounding areas in the historic county of Caithness, including Staxigoe, Papigoe and Haster. The station is the terminus of the Far North Line, 161 miles 36 chains (259.8 kilometres) from Inverness.[5] It is managed by ScotRail, who operate all trains serving the station.