- Dunlop railway station
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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°WCoordinates: 55°42′41″N 4°31′57″W / 55.7114°N 4.5325°W Operations Station code DNL Managed by First ScotRail Number of platforms 2 Live arrivals/departures and station information
from National Rail EnquiriesAnnual rail passenger usage 2002/03 * 58,151 2004/05 * 
59,4572005/06 * 
59,1532006/07 * 56,4222007/08 * 60,8542008/09 * 82,260Passenger 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 reinstated National Rail - UK railway stations 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. Please note: methodology may vary year on year. 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 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]
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.
- 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
References
- Notes
- ^ Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.
- ^ Railscot Gallery - Dunlop www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2009-04-03
- 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 RailFollowing station Stewarton First ScotRail
Barrhead Historical railways Stewarton Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways
Lugton
Line open; station closed
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