Hoy was a railway station located northeast of Halkirk, Highland.

Hoy
Site of Hoy station, 2010
General information
Location	Near Halkirk, Highland Scotland
Coordinates	58.5233°N 3.4644°W / 58.5233; -3.4644
Platforms	1
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Sutherland and Caithness Railway
Pre-grouping	Highland Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
28 July 1874	Opened
29 November 1965	Closed

The station opened on 28 July 1874 [1] and closed to regular passenger traffic on 29 November 1965.

It was located on the north side of the B874 road on the east side of the village of Halkirk, next to the current railway level crossing. Also at the former station site are military fuel tanks, visible as grass covered mounds, that were built to serve nearby airfields.[2]

The Halkirk Games, first organized in 1886, were held in a nearby field.[3]

Along with Georgemas Junction and Halkirk, it was one of three stations serving Halkirk prior to the 1960s.[4] Georgemas Junction, which is 2 miles east of Halkirk village, remains open.

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Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-508-7. OCLC 60251199. OL 11956311M.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

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