July 28, 1874
In northern Scotland, a railway station in the town and royal burgh of Wick in the Scottish Highlands was opened. This station was designed by the prolific engineer and architect Murdoch Paterson (1826-1898) and constructed by the Sutherland and Caithness Railway, which operated in that region of Scotland from 1874 to 1884.
Wick railway station remains in service today as part of the Far North Line. The station is one of the two northern termini of that railway line. (The other northern terminus is the railway station in the town of Thurso.) Wick railway station is managed by ScotRail, a state-owned Scottish train operating company headquartered in the city of Glasgow.
In 2002, Queen Elizabeth II (1926-2022) and her husband Prince Philip (1921-2021) paid a visit to Wick railway station as part of a royal goodwill tour helping to mark the 50th anniversary of her accession to the throne.
Another high-profile claim to fame for Wick railway station involved the online documentary series All the Stations. This series was created by Geoff Marshall (born in 1972) and Vicki Pipe (born in 1983) and it centered around their efforts in 2017 to visit all 2,563 stations of the national rail network within Great Britain – the island encompassing England, Scotland, and Wales – during what turned out to be a journey of more than 14 weeks. On August 19, 2017, Marshall and Pipe completed this ambitious journey at Wick railway station.
Photo Credit: Public Domain
For more information on Wick railway station, please check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wick_railway_station
Additional information on Murdoch Paterson is available at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murdoch_Paterson
The video of Geoff Marshall and Vicki Pipe arriving at Wick railway station in their series All the Stations can be viewed at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvUkhNQOO_Q
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