Call goes out over community partnership for far north line [John O Groat Journal]





Date: 26/08/2020

A call has gone out for local people to get involved in a community rail partnership to help the far north economy recover from the pandemic.


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Call goes out over community partnership for far north line

John O Groat Journal

A call has gone out for local people to get involved in a community rail partnership to help the far north economy recover from the pandemic.

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158720 just arrived at Thurso station from Inverness at 10.58 (this photo was taken three minutes later) on 17th June 2019. Trains no longer pull up under the train shed - but they still do so at Wick.
Location: Thurso
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
17/06/2019 David Bosher
First ScotRail 158722, snug in its little house, waits to depart with the first afternoon train to Inverness.
Location: Wick
Company: Sutherland and Caithness Railway
24/05/2013 Colin McDonald


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