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, platforms = 2 , code = DNL , transit_authority = SPT , original = Glasgow, Barrhead and Kilmarnock Joint Railway , pregroup = Caledonian and Glasgow & South Western Railways , years = 27 March 1871 , events = Opened , years1 = 7 November 1966 , events1 = Closed , years2 = 8 June 1967 , events2 = Re-opened , years3 = 1975 , events3 = Line singled and one platform taken out of service , years4 = 2009 , events4 = Track re-doubled and second platform reinstated , mpassengers = , footnotes = Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road Dunlop railway station serves the village of Dunlop in East Ayrshire,

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

Services in 2019

Since 13 December 2009 the station has had a mainly half-hourly service each way to

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and respectively, with some southbound trains continuing to either , , and .

Spring 2021

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic 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 Image:Dunlop railway station 2008.JPG, Dunlop station with the Hapland Mill housing scheme and preparatory works for the track and platform doubling in 2008 File:Dunlop station platform 2.JPG, The new platform nearing completion in June 2009 File:Dunlop Station, Ayrshire.JPG, The fully reconstructed station in 2010 Image:Dunlop station railway line.JPG, Looking towards Lugton from the overbridge. Preparatory work for the track doubling is in evidence. File:Dunlop Station looking north.JPG, Looking towards Lugton in 2010

References

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External links

Video footage of Dunlop railway station.

Dunlop Village and District in 1913.
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