Stranraer
Dates
| / /1780 | Stranraer to Ballantrae Military Road Construction commences. |
| / /1782 | Stranraer to Ballantrae Military Road Road complete. |
| 17/08/1857 | Portpatrick Railway Act receives Royal assent for line from Castle Douglas to Stranraer Town with branches to Stranraer Harbour and Portpatrick. |
| 11/03/1861 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer to Castle Douglas (on the Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway) formally opened. (Alternative date 12/02/1861.) |
| 12/03/1861 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer to Castle Douglas opened to the public. Most of the line was single track. Stations at; Stranraer, Glenluce, Kirkcowan, Newton Stewart, Creetown, New Galloway, Parton and Crossmichael. |
| 28/08/1862 | Portpatrick Railway Portpatrick to Stranraer opened. New stations at; Colfin and Portpatrick. |
| 01/10/1862 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Harbour opened. The Stranraer and Larne Steamboat Company starts a service between the ports in its title. |
| / /1863 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer and Larne Steamboat Company services are suspended as too expensive. |
| / /1864 | Portpatrick Railway Deviation to Stranraer Harbour branch authorised. |
| / /1865 | Portpatrick Railway Caledonian Railway experiments with a Stranraer Harbour to Belfast service. |
| / /1872 | Portpatrick Railway Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company commences running between the ports in its title. The Portpatrick Railway owned part of the company. The company operated a steamer Princess Louise. |
| / /1872 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Portpatrick Railway The Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway is authorised to use the Portpatrick Railway from Challoch Junction to Stranraer Harbour and Portpatrick. |
| / /1874 | Portpatrick Railway Portpatrick to Donaghadee boat stops running. This is in part due to the unsuitability of Portpatrick Harbour. The Stranraer Harbour to Larne Harbour service replaces the abandoned service. Portpatrick to Stranraer remains open. |
| / /1876 | Portpatrick Railway Larne and Stranraer Steamboat Company operates second steamer Princess Beatrice. |
| / /1877 | Portpatrick Railway Purchases the Stranraer Harbour Pier. |
| / /1877 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Authorised to use Stranraer Harbour Pier and Challoch Junction to Stranraer and Portpatrick |
| 07/02/1882 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction RailwayPortpatrick Railway Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway trains banned from Stranraer and Portpatrick by the Portpatrick Railway. Line closed temporarily from Girvan to Challoch Junction. |
| / /1885 | Portpatrick Railway The Caledonian Railway's lease expires - the Portpatrick Railway and Wigtownshire Railway become jointly run as the Portpatrick and Wigtownshire Joint Railway - controlled by the Caledonian Railway, London and North Western Railway, Glasgow and South Western Railway and Midland Railway. The stock was owned by all four companies and operated by the two Scottish companies. The Joint company also owned 4/5 of the Larne and Stranraer Steamship Joint Committee, the remaining 1/5 owned by the Belfast and Northern Counties Railway. |
| / /1935 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Shed numbered 12H under Carlisle Kingmoor Shed. |
| / /1935 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer to Portpatrick starts to be operated as one engine in steam. Portpatrick signal box is moved to Barrhill on the former Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway. |
| / /1948 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Shed classed 68C. The sheds were rebuilt with girder joists instead of arches for entries. |
| 06/02/1950 | Portpatrick Railway Portpatrick to Stranraer closed to passengers. Portpatrick and Colfin stations closed. Portpatrick to Colfin (excluded) closed to all traffic. |
| 02/03/1953 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer re-named Stranraer Town. |
| / /1959 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway DMUs introduced on Glasgow to Stranraer workings. |
| / /1959 | Maybole and Girvan Railway DMUs introduced on Glasgow to Stranraer workings. |
| / /1959 | Portpatrick Railway DMUs introduced on Stranraer to Glasgow workings. |
| 01/04/1959 | Portpatrick Railway Colfin to Stranraer Town (excluded) closed to freight. |
| / /1962 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Shed classed 67F under Glasgow Corkerhill Shed. |
| 23/06/1962 | RCTS Railtour Excursion train hauled by Caledonian Railway 123 and Great North of Scotland Railway 49 from Ayr to Stranraer. |
| / /1965 | Castle Douglas and Dumfries Railway Troop trains for Northern Ireland make use of the line. These ran from Woodburn to Stranraer Harbour. |
| / /1965 | Portpatrick Railway Troop trains run over line (Stranraer Harbour - Woodburn (Wansbeck Railway)) for Northern Ireland. |
| 07/03/1966 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Town to Stranraer Harbour Junction closed to passengers. Stranraer Town station closed and given over to goods. |
| /10/1966 | Portpatrick Railway Stranraer Shed closed. |
| / /1984 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway Glasgow Central to Stranraer DMUs withdrawn and replaced with locomotive hauled 'SEALINK' slam-door stock. |
| / /1990 | Girvan and Portpatrick Junction Railway
Portpatrick Railway
Maybole and Girvan Railway Stranraer to Euston sleeper withdrawn. |
| /11/2011 | Portpatrick Railway
Stena Line Stena Line ceased operating ferries to Stranraer Pier, running instead to Old House Point, north of Cairnryan. This slightly reduced the journey but took the ferry service away from the railway, passengers now needing to use a connecting bus service. |
