Dunlop railway station explained

Dunlop
Native Name:Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob[1]
Symbol Location:gb
Symbol:rail
Borough:Dunlop, East Ayrshire
Country:Scotland
Coordinates:55.7119°N -4.5324°W
Grid Name:Grid reference
Manager:ScotRail
Platforms:2
Code:DNL
Transit Authority:SPT
Original:Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway
Pregroup:Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Years:27 March 1871
Events:Opened
Years1:7 November 1966
Events1:Closed
Years2:8 June 1967
Events2:Re-opened
Years3:1975
Events3:Line singled and one platform taken out of service
Years4:2009
Events4:Track re-doubled and second platform reinstated
Footnotes:Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dunlop railway station serves the village of Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by 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.[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 respectively, with some southbound trains continuing to either, and .

2024

Monday to Saturday services consist of a 30-minute service to Glasgow (1 calls Barrhead then express, the other is all stations) and to Kilmarnock(with limited extensions beyond to Carlisle and StranraerThere is no service after 20:30There is no Sunday service due to action by the RMT union

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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Notes and References

  1. Book: Brailsford . Martyn . Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man . 6th . December 2017 . 1987 . Trackmaps . Frome . 978-0-9549866-9-8 . Gaelic/English Station Index .
  2. Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.
  3. http://www.railbrit.co.uk/location.php?loc=Dunlop Railscot Gallery - Dunlop