Stranraer Harbour railway station
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| Stranraer Harbour station and ferry terminal | |||
| Location | |||
| Place | Stranraer | ||
| Local authority | Dumfries and Galloway | ||
| Operations | |||
| Station code | STR | ||
| Managed by | First ScotRail | ||
| Platforms in use | 1 | ||
| Live departures and station information from National Rail | |||
| Annual Rail Passenger Usage | |||
| 2002/03 * | 47,921 | ||
| 2004/05 * | 53,190 | ||
| 2005/06 * | 55,377 | ||
| Passenger Transport Executive | |||
| PTE | SWESTRANS | ||
| History | |||
| 1 October 1862 | Opened | ||
| National Rail - UK railway stations | |||
| * Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Stranraer from Office of Rail Regulation statistics. | |||
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Stranraer Harbour railway station (or according to Network Rail simply Stranraer railway station) is a railway station that serves both the town of Stranraer, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and the port for ferries to Belfast, Northern Ireland. The station is the terminus of the line from Ayr.
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[edit] History
It is alleged that a station was opened on 1 October 1862 by the Portpatrick Railway,[1] but the current station buildings actually date from 1878 [2] under the Portpatrick Railways Act 1877 as prior to that the only facility was a concrete platform since the station was for goods. Passengers and mail were meant to use the station at Portpatrick. The Portpatrick ferry service never fully materialised owing to inaction by the Admiralty who felt, as has since been proved, that the harbour there was not suitable.
The Stena Line ferry service to Larne was moved to Belfast a number of years ago, although P&O stills sails there from nearby Cairnryan. Stranraer Harbour station is planned to be re-sited approximately 500m further east near the A77 overbridge.
A ferry service had commenced by 1861 but passengers made their way from Stranraer Town station to the steamers, not Stranraer Harbour station. The first daily ferry service started on the 1 October 1862 to Larne and was provided by the P.S. Briton. However, it only lasted until 31 December 1862.
[edit] Future
As part of plans by SWESTRANS, the station is planned to be moved a few hundred meters South to create a new transport hub for Stranraer, this project is dependent on whether Stena Line moves it operations out of Stranraer or not.[3]
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Butt (1995), page 222
- ^ Thorne (2005), page 90
- ^ MiniWeb: South West of Scotland Transport Partnership (SWESTRANS) - Strategy
[edit] Sources
- Butt, R.V.J. (1995). The Directory of Railway Stations: details every public and private passenger station, halt, platform and stopping place, past and present, 1st, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
- Thorne, H.D (2005). Rails to Portpatrick, G.C. Books, Wigtown. ISBN 1-872350- 63- 1
| Preceding station | National Rail | Following station | ||
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| Terminus | First ScotRail |
Barrhill | ||
| Larne Harbour via Cairnryan |
P&O Ferry |
Terminus | ||
| Historical Railways | ||||
| Terminus | Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways |
Castle Kennedy Line open; station closed |
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