- Hoy railway station
Infobox UK disused station
name = Hoy
other_name =
caption =
platforms = 1
original =Sutherland and Caithness Railway
pregroup =Highland Railway
postgroup = LMS
locale = Near Halkirk
borough = Highland
years =28 July 1874
events = Open
years1 =29 November 1965
events1 = Closed
years2 =
events2 =Hoy was a railway station located northeast of Halkirk, Highland.
Along with Georgemas Junction and Halkirk, it was one of three stations serving Halkirk prior to the Beeching closures of the
1960s . [cite journal | url=http://www.caithness.org/caithnessfieldclub/bulletins/1994/june/halkirkmemories.htm | title=Memories of Halkirk from 1920 | first=Jessie | last=Paul | journal=Caithness Field Club Bulletin | month=July | year=1994] The Halkirk Games, first organized in1886 , were held in a nearby field. [cite web | url=http://www.halkirkgames.co.uk/history.asp | title=Halkirk Highland Games - History | publisher=Halkirk Highland Games | accessdate=2008-08-17]rail line
previous = Thurso
"Station and Line open"
next = Georgemas Junction
"Station and Line open"
route =Highland Railway "'
Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Thurso Branch
col = HR colour
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*Jowett-Atlas
* [http://www.railbrit.co.uk/Sutherland_and_Caithness_Railway/frame.htm RAILSCOT on Sutherland and Caithness Railway]
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