Colfin railway station

Former railway station in Scotland

Portpatrick and
Wigtownshire
Joint Railway

Legend

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

Water of Luce Viaduct

Girvan and Portpatrick

Junction Railway

Challoch Junction

Dunragit

Castle Kennedy

Cairnryan Junction

Cairnryan Military Railway

Stranraer Harbour Junction

Colfin

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

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

References

^ "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.