Dunlop railway station

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Dunlop
Dunlop station looking towards Stewarton in 2006
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 departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2002/03 *	58,151
2004/05 *	59,457
2005/06 *	59,153
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
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.

Contents 1 History 2 Dunlop rail access point 3 References 3.1 Notes 3.2 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 a single platformed unmanned station on 8 June 1967 after vehement local opposition and national press coverage.^[1]

[edit] 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.

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

The entrance to the access point.

[edit] References

[edit] Notes

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

[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, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: Patrick Stephens Ltd. ISBN 1-8526-0508-1. OCLC 60251199. 

• Jowett, Alan (1989). Jowett's railway atlas of Great Britain and Ireland : from pre-grouping to the present day, 1st, Sparkford, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire: 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