Colfin railway station

Colfin
Colfin
	Remains of the station in 1986
General information
Location	Scotland
Coordinates	54°50′56″N 5°03′19″W / 54.8489°N 5.0553°W
Other information
Status	Disused
History
Original company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-grouping	Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway
Key dates
28 August 1862	Station opened
6 February 1950	Station closed for passengers
1 April 1959	closed for freight service

Portpatrick and
Wigtownshire
Joint Railway

Legend

Castle Douglas and

Dumfries Railway

Castle Douglas

Portpatrick Line Junction

Kirkcudbright Railway

Loch Ken Viaduct

Stroan Viaduct

Water of Fleet Viaduct

Newton Stewart Junction

Millisle Junction

Water of Luce Viaduct

Girvan and Portpatrick

Junction Railway

Challoch Junction

Dunragit

Castle Kennedy

Cairnryan Junction

Cairnryan Military Railway

Stranraer Harbour Junction

Colfin railway station, located in Wigtownshire, Scotland, between Portpatrick and Stranraer, was a station on the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. Opened on 28 August 1862, when the extension of the line from Stranraer to Portpatrick was put in service, it was closed on 6 February 1950, though freight service between Colfin and Stranraer continued until 1 April 1959,^[1] serving the Colfin Creamery, which had been built in proximity to the station.^[2]

Route[edit]

Preceding station		Disused railways		Following station
Stranraer Town		Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Portpatrick

References[edit]

^ "Chronology for Portpatrick Railway". A History of Britain's Railways. Railscot. Retrieved 1 June 2011.
^ "Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest, K–N". Dumfries & Galloway: A Gazetteer of the Region with Places of Interest, Including Archaeological, Historical & Protected Sites, Buildings of Note and Nature Reserves. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

External links[edit]

Canmore site record, Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland

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[1] "Chronology for Portpatrick Railway". A History of Britain's Railways. Railscot. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

[2] "Dumfries & Galloway: Summary of places of interest, K–N". Dumfries & Galloway: A Gazetteer of the Region with Places of Interest, Including Archaeological, Historical & Protected Sites, Buildings of Note and Nature Reserves. Retrieved 1 June 2011.

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