Editing Portpatrick (section)

=== Railway ===
[[File:Dunskey Castle2.jpg|thumb|[[Dunskey Castle]]]]

Portpatrick railway station was completed in 1861. It was the original terminus of the [[Portpatrick Railway]], in order to serve new steam packet services across the North Channel. After a new harbour was built in Stranraer, Portpatrick declined again as a cross-channel port, and the station closed on 6 February 1950.<ref>{{cite book|last=Holland|first=Julian|title=Exploring Britain's Lost Railways|pages=256–257|publisher=HarperCollins|year=2014|isbn=978-0-00-794172-8}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Scotland: The Lowlands and the Borders|page=286|first1=John|last1=Thomas|first2=Alan J. S.|last2=Paterson|publisher=David St John Thomas|year=1984}}</ref> Portpatrick would likely be the eastern terminus of the proposed road and rail [[Irish Sea Bridge]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/feb/17/irish-sea-bridge-boris-johnson-folly|title=An Irish Sea bridge would be just another Boris Johnson folly|first=Douglas|last=Murphy|newspaper=The Guardian|date=17 February 2020|accessdate=22 February 2021}}</ref>