Colfin railway station

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]

Colfin
Remains of the station in 1986
Location	Scotland
Coordinates	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
Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Castle Douglas Portpatrick Line Junction Kirkcudbright Railway Crossmichael Parton Loch Ken Viaduct New Galloway Stroan Viaduct Loch Skerrow Halt Water of Fleet Viaduct Gatehouse of Fleet Creetown Palnure Newton Stewart Newton Stewart Junction Mains of Penninghame Causeway End Wigtown Kirkinner Whauphill Sorbie Millisle Millisle Junction Garlieston Broughton Skeog Whithorn Kirkcowan Glenluce Water of Luce Viaduct Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Challoch Junction Dunragit Castle Kennedy Cairnryan Junction Cairnryan Military Railway Stranraer Harbour Junction Stranraer Harbour Stranraer Town Colfin Portpatrick Portpatrick Harbour

Route

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

References

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.

External links

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