Portpatrick, Old Station
Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Site Name Portpatrick, Old Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century) - (20th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Portpatrick Station; Portpatrick, Interim Station
Canmore ID 60335
Site Number NW95SE 10
NGR NW 9965 5422
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/60335
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Portpatrick
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NW95SE 10 9965 5422
For New Station (NX 00282 54465), see NX05SW 79.
NMRS REFERENCE:
A railway terminal existed at NW 9965 5422 pre-1890.
It is depicted on 1st edition OS map, Wigtownshire, surveyed 1847-8, published 1849, sheet 21.
NMRS NOTES:
Disused since 1879.
(Undated) information in NMRS.
This building is presumably the 'wooden ticket office and shed for passengers at the end of the main line at Portpatrick' that was ordered to be erected on 5 March 1862. It was apparently intended as an interim structure, pending completion of the permanent 'new' station (NX05SW 79).
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 16 March 2006.
D L Smith 1969.
NMRS REFERENCE:
A railway terminal existed at NW 9965 5422 pre-1890.
It is depicted on 1st edition OS map, Wigtownshire, surveyed 1847-8, published 1849, sheet 21.
See also NX05SW site 79, NX 00282 54465 for new station.
NMRS NOTES:
Disused since 1879.
