Dunlop railway station

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.

Dunlop Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob[1]
The station and road overbridge, looking north, in 2008
Location	Dunlop, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.7119°N 4.5324°W
Grid reference	NS409494
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DNL
History
Original company	Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-grouping	Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Key dates
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
Passengers
2015/16	95,498
2016/17	91,990
2017/18	105,186
2018/19	100,798
2019/20	99,082
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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.[2]

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.[3]

Services in 2019

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.[4]

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. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.
3. Railscot Gallery - Dunlop www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2009-04-03
4. Table 222 National Rail timetable, December 2019

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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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 978-1-85260-086-0. OCLC 22311137.

External links

• Video footage of Dunlop railway station.
• Dunlop Village and District in 1913.