Dunlop railway station

Dunlop Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob[1]
The station and road overbridge, looking north, in 2008
General information
Location	Dunlop, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°42′43″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7119°N 4.5324°W / 55.7119; -4.5324
Grid reference	NS409494
Managed by	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
2019/20	99,082
2020/21	11,792
2021/22	42,972
2022/23	57,782
2023/24	66,244
Notes 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.

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]

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, Girvan and Stranraer.^[4]

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 Stranraer There is no service after 20:30 There 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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  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

Notes

Sources

• Butt, R. V. J. (October 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. OL 11956311M.
• 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		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

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

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