Colfin | |
Status: | Disused |
Country: | Scotland |
Coordinates: | 54.8489°N -5.0553°W |
Original: | Portpatrick Railway |
Pregroup: | Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway |
Years: | 28 August 1862 |
Events: | Station opened |
Years3: | 6 February 1950 |
Events3: | Station closed for passengers |
Years4: | 1 April 1959 |
Events4: | closed for freight service |
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]