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Stranraer, Harbour Station
Railway Station (19th Century)
Site Name Stranraer, Harbour Station
Classification Railway Station (19th Century)
Alternative Name(s) Stranraer Harbour, East Pier; Terminal Station; Railway Pier, Stranraer Harbour Station
Canmore ID 216530
Site Number NX06SE 169
NGR NX 06197 61369
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
Permalink http://canmore.org.uk/site/216530
- Council Dumfries And Galloway
- Parish Inch
- Former Region Dumfries And Galloway
- Former District Wigtown
- Former County Wigtownshire
NX06SE 169 06197 61369
Stranraer Harbour Station
(Terminus) [NAT]
OS 1:10,560 map, 1968.
Stranraer Harbour Station (Terminal)
OS (GIS) MasterMap, July 2009.
Location formerly entered as NX 06168 61383.
See also NX06SE 33.00.
Not to be confused with Stranraer or Stranraer Town Station (NX 06665 60382), for which see NX06SE 170.
This station stands on the East (or Railway) Pier at Stranraer Harbour, which extends from NX 06079 61501 to NX c. 06482 60935, and for which see NX06SE 33.01.
It was opened on 12 March 1861 by the Portpatrick Rly (Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Rly), and remains in use by regular passenger traffic, largely in connection with ferries to Larne, Northern Ireland.
Information from RCAHMS (RJCM), 14 July 2009.
