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Halkirk railway station

railway station in Highland, Scotland, UK

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJan 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ5642519 ↗
Source-derived summary

Halkirk was a railway station located on the southern edge of the village of Halkirk, in Caithness in the Highland council area.

The station opened on 28 July 1874. It was one of a number of smaller stations on the Far North Line which were closed in 1960. Georgemas Junction station, situated 1.2 miles (2 km) to the north-east, remains open.

References

Further reading

Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations. Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-85260-508-1.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Halkirk railway station” as railway station in Highland, Scotland, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Halkirk, railway and station.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1874, 1960, 1995—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Halkirk, railway and station providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Halkirk railway station”, the useful work is to connect “railway station in Highland, Scotland, UK” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5642519. Authority coordinates are 58.505, -3.489. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1874, 1960 and 1995.

Critical limits

A single description cannot reconcile every naming convention, rebuilding phase or administrative transfer associated with a place. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Routes into maps and plans
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  2. Expand the search: follow Halkirk railway station primary sources, Halkirk railway station archive and Halkirk research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Halkirk railway station” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.