Dunlop railway station

Dunlop
The station and road overbridge, looking north, in 2008
Location
Place	Dunlop
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°42′43″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7119°N 4.5324°WCoordinates: 55°42′43″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7119°N 4.5324°W
Grid reference	NS409494
Operations
Station code	DNL
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2010/11	95,784
2011/12	98,446
2012/13	0.103 million
2013/14	97,808
2014/15	0.101 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
27 March 1871	Opened
7 November 1966	Closed
8 June 1967	Re-opened
1975	Line singled and one platform taken out of service
2009	Track re-doubled and second platform reinstated
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunlop from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dunlop railway station serves the village of Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

History

The station was opened on 27 March 1871 by the Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway. The station closed on 7 November 1966 as part of the Beeching cuts, however the closure was only brief as it reopened as an unstaffed halt on 8 June 1967 after vehement local opposition and national press coverage.^[1]

Track doubling between Lugton and Lochridge Junction just south of Stewarton, started in 2008, has resulted in a second platform, disabled access and a new car park being built.^[2]

Services in 2016

Since 13 December 2009 the station has had a mainly half-hourly service each way to Glasgow and Kilmarnock respectively, with some southbound trains continuing to either Carlisle, Newcastle, Girvan and Stranraer.^[3]

In 2012 a ticket machine was installed on Platform 2 and from December 2012, Sunday trains only use Platform 1.

Views of Dunlop station

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  Dunlop station with the Hapland Mill housing scheme and preparatory works for the track and platform doubling in 2008
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  The new platform nearing completion in June 2009
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  The fully reconstructed station in 2010
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  Looking towards Lugton from the overbridge. Preparatory work for the track doubling is in evidence.
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  Looking towards Lugton in 2010

References

Notes

1. Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.
2. Railscot Gallery - Dunlop www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2009-04-03
3. Table 222 National Rail timetable, May 2016

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 ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199.
• Jowett, Alan (March 1989). Jowett's Railway Atlas of Great Britain and Ireland: From Pre-Grouping to the Present Day (1st ed.). Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137.