Dunlop railway station

"Dunlop station" redirects here. For the station in Manitoba, Canada, see Dunlop station (Manitoba). For the Australian sheep farm, see Dunlop Station (pastoral run).

Dunlop Scottish Gaelic: Dùn Lob [1]
View south towards Stewarton
General information
Location	Dunlop, East Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55°42′43″N4°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
Stewarton		Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway		Lugton Line open; station closed

Gallery

• 
  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 fully reconstructed station in 2010
• 
  Looking towards Lugton from the overbridge. Preparatory work for the track doubling is in evidence.
• 
  Looking towards Lugton in 2010

References

Notes

1. Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. "Gaelic/English Station Index". Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN   978-0-9549866-9-8.
2. Dunlop Ancient & Modern. An Exhibition. March 1998. Editor. Dugald Campbell. P. 6.
3. Railscot Gallery - Dunlop www.railbrit.co.uk; Retrieved 2009-04-03
4. Table 222 National Rail timetable, December 2019

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.

External links

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