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 station" redirects here. For the station in Manitoba, Canada, see Dunlop station (Manitoba). For the Australian sheep farm, see Dunlop Station (pastoral run).

Dunlop
Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob[1]
The station and road overbridge, looking north, in 2008
Location
PlaceDunlop
Local authorityEast Ayrshire
Coordinates55.7119°N 4.5324°W / 55.7119; -4.5324
Grid referenceNS409494
Operations
Station codeDNL
Managed byAbellio ScotRail
Number of platforms2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections
from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2014/15 100,714
2015/16 95,498
2016/17 91,990
2017/18 105,186
2018/19 100,798
Passenger Transport Executive
PTESPT
History
Original companyGlasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pre-groupingCaledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
27 March 1871Opened
7 November 1966Closed
8 June 1967Re-opened
1975Line singled and one platform taken out of service
2009Track re-doubled and second platform reinstated
National Rail – UK railway stations
  • 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.

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
  • Dunlop station with the Hapland Mill housing scheme and preparatory works for the track and platform doubling in 2008
  • The new platform nearing completion in June 2009
  • The fully reconstructed station in 2010
  • Looking towards Lugton from the overbridge. Preparatory work for the track doubling is in evidence.
  • 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  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.
Preceding station National Rail Following station
Stewarton   Abellio ScotRail
Glasgow South Western Line
   Barrhead
  Historical railways  
Stewarton   Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
   Lugton
Line open; station closed
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