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The harbour station was reached by reversal at Portpatrick - the line extended beyond the platform there to a reversing spur and the branch dropped down to the harbour.

The harbour station had a single platform and two loops. It was located above the north end of the harbour. By continuing onto a reversing spur on the shore a train could reach a quayside line on the north side of the harbour and, by turnplates, lines down the west and east side of the inner harbour. Further, a siding continued onto the northern breakwater.

Portpatrick was intended to be a port for Ireland but the harbour proved unsuitable and from an early date ships operated preferentially to Stranraer Harbour.

Nothing obvious remains of the station or harbour lines. There are two bridge parapets by Main Street. The station site is now a tennis court and bowling green.

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