Dunlop
The station and road overbridge, looking north, in 2008
Location
Place	Dunlop
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°42′41″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7114°N 4.5325°W / 55.7114; -4.5325Coordinates: 55°42′41″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7114°N 4.5325°W / 55.7114; -4.5325
Operations
Station code	DNL
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	2
Live arrivals/departures and station information from National Rail
Annual rail passenger usage
2002/03 *	58,151
2004/05 *	59,457
2005/06 *	59,153
2006/07 *	56,422
2007/08 *	60,854
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 re-instated
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dunlop from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Dunlop railway station serves the village of Dunlop in East Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by First ScotRail and is on the Glasgow South Western Line.

Contents 1 History 2 Services in 2010 3 Views of the station 4 References 4.1 Notes 4.2 Sources

[edit] 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 Stewarton, started in 2008, has resulted in a second platform, disabled access and a new car park being built.^[2]

[edit] Services in 2010

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, Ayr or Girvan and Stranraer.

[edit] Views of the station

Dunlop station looking towards Stewarton in 2006

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 entrance to Dunlop station

Looking towards Lugton from the overbridge. Preparatory work for the track doubling is in evidence.

[edit] References

[edit] 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

[edit] 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. 

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Stewarton		First 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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