Colfin station (remains)
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Colfin station (remains)
Image: © Ben Brooksbank Taken: 6 Jul 1986
View southward from the A77 road: Stranraer Town (left)- Portpatrick (right) branch of the multi-owned Portpatrick & Wigtownshire Railway (Caledonian, G&SW, LNW & Midland) line from Castle Douglas - where it extended from the G&SW main line from Dumfries and Carlisle. Passenger services at Colfin station and on the line to Portpatrick ceased from 6/2/50, but goods to Colfin continued from Stranraer until 1/4/59. The buildings include the Marrbury Smokehouse and the station house. (Cf. Image] and others).
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Image Location
Latitude
54.846891
Longitude
-5.051668