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Colfin Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Colfin Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Colfin Railway Station
Canmore ID 216324
Site Number NX05SW 66
NGR NX 03939 54739
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216324
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
Desk Based Assessment (13 June 2014 - 23 January 2015)
Intermediate railway station on the Stranraer-Portpatrick portion of the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway. Opened on 26th August 1862. Closed to regular passenger railway traffic on 6th February 1950. The Stranraer-Colfin fragment of the line closed to all traffic on 1st April 1959.
‘Colfin Station’ first appears on the 2nd edition Ordnance Survey 1896 as a group of four structures. Only two of the structures still visible on the 3rd edition Ordnance Survey 1909. Current mapping shows buildings still surrounding the area of the site of Colfin Station.
Information from OASIS ID: rathmell1-183522 (C Williamson) 2015
