Stranraer railwey station

Stranraer railway station (whiles kent as Stranraer Harbour railway station) is a railwey station that serves the toun o Stranraer, Dumfries an Gallowa, Scotland. The station is 94.5 mile (151 km) soothwast o Glasgow an is the terminus o the Glasgow Sooth Wastren Line. It haes twa platforms (altho anly ane o thir is currently in uise) an is staffed on a pairt-time basis.

Stranraer
Scots Gaelic: Sròine Reamhra
156 434 at Stranraer
Location
Place	Stranraer
Local authority	Dumfries an Gallowa
Coordinates	54.9093°N 5.0249°W / 54.9093; -5.0249
Grid reference	NX062613
Operations
Station code	STR
Managed bi	First ScotRail
Awned bi	Network Rail
Nummer o platforms	1
Live arrivals/departurs, station information an onwart connections frae National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger uissage*
2002/03	47,921
2004/05	53,190
2005/06	55,377
2006/07	54,149
2007/08	51,543
2008/09	50,040
2009/10	50,274
2010/11	57,276
2011/12	45,388
History
Oreeginal company	Portpatrick Railway
Pre-groupin	Portpatrick an Wigtownshire Jynt Railway
Post-groupin	Lunnon Midland an Scots Railway
1 October 1862	Opened as Stranraer Harbour
bi 1996	Renamed Stranraer
National Rail – UK railwey stations
* Annual estimatit passenger uissage based on sales o tickets in statit financial year(s) that end or oreeginate at Stranraer frae Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology mey vary year on year.
UK Railweys portal

References

Precedin station	National Rail			Follaein station
Terminus		First ScotRail Glasgow South Western Line		Barrhill
	Historical railweys
Terminus		Caledonian, Glasgow & South Western, Midland and London North Western Railways Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway		Castle Kennedy Line open; station closed
	Ferry Connections
Stranraer Harbour		Stena Line Ferry		Port of Belfast
Stranraer Harbour		P&O Ferries Ferry		Larne Harbour