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Dunlop
Bridge that carries the minor road over the rail line, photographed looking north from the platform of Dunlop Station.
Location
Place	Dunlop
Local authority	East Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°42′41″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7114, -4.5325Coordinates: 55°42′41″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7114, -4.5325
Operations
Station code	DNL
Managed by	First ScotRail
Platforms in use	1
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
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
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A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
* 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.

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 a single platformed unmanned station on 8 June 1967 after vehement local opposition and national press coverage.¹

Track doubling between Lugton and Stewarton started in 2008 and will result in a second platform being built.

Dunlop rail access point

Network rail have established a dedicated access point just the other side of the viaduct over the Glazert Water towards Stewarton.

Services

The station has a basic hourly service each way (including Sundays) to Glasgow and Kilmarnock respectively, with some southbound trains continuing to either Carlisle or Girvan and Stranraer.

The Dunlop rail access point with a view of the line ahead.

The entrance to the access point.

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 entrance to Dunlop station.

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

References

Notes

1. ^ Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.

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 Edition, 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, Sparkford: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0086-1. OCLC 22311137. 

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