Dalry railway station

Dalry
Scottish Gaelic: Dail Fhraoich
Location
Place	Dalry
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates	55°42′22″N 4°42′40″W / 55.7060°N 4.7112°WCoordinates: 55°42′22″N 4°42′40″W / 55.7060°N 4.7112°W
Grid reference	NS297491
Operations
Station code	DLY
Managed by	Abellio ScotRail
Number of platforms	2
Live arrivals/departures, station information and onward connections from National Rail Enquiries
Annual rail passenger usage*
2002/03	0.109 million
2004/05	0.123 million
2005/06	0.136 million
2006/07	0.153 million
2007/08	0.157 million
2008/09	0.172 million
2009/10	0.161 million
2010/11	0.168 million
2011/12	0.167 million
2012/13	0.176 million
Passenger Transport Executive
PTE	SPT
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
21 July 1840	Opened
c. 1905	Station expanded to four platforms
1980s	Station remodelled back to two platforms
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* Annual estimated passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Dalry from Office of Rail and Road statistics. Methodology may vary year on year.
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Dalry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dalry, Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by Abellio ScotRail and is on the Ayrshire Coast Line.

History

The station was opened on 21 July 1840 by the Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway.^[1] The station originally had two side platforms until the Dalry and North Johnstone Line was opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in 1905, when the station was remodeled with four platforms over two islands.^[2] Each new platform was 765 feet (233 m) long to accommodate the increased traffic, and were accessed via gangways from a covered walkway crossing the lines from the station building.^[2] The station also acted as the junction interchange between the line to Ayr and the original G&SWR main line to Kilmarnock, Dumfries and Carlisle from 1860 onwards, though the two routes actually separated a short distance to the west.

With the closure of both the Kilmarnock & North Johnstone lines to passenger traffic in 1966^[3] and to all other traffic in 1973 (Kilmarnock line) & 1977 (North Johnstone Loop),^[4] having four lines through the station became superfluous, so the station platforms were remodelled during the line's electrification in the 1980s back to two side platforms.^[5] The Ayrshire Coast Line was electrified by British Rail.

Services

A typical service between Monday and Saturday is:

• 2tph to Ayr
• 1tph to Ardrossan Harbour
• 3tph to Glasgow Central

There are also occasional services to North Berwick, Edinburgh and Largs.

References

Notes

1. Butt, p. 76
2. Guthrie
3. Hurst, p. 44
4. Hurst, p. 70
5. Smith, p. 18

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.
• Guthrie, Arthur. Dalry & District (2nd ed.). Ardrossan: Arthur Guthrie & Sons.
• Hurst, Geoffrey (1992). Register of Closed Railways: 1948-1991. Worksop, Nottinghamshire: Milepost Publications. ISBN 0-9477-9618-5.

• Smith, W.A.C. (2001). Ayrshire's Last Days of Steam. Catrine: Stenlake Publishing. ISBN 1-8403-3151-8. OCLC 47232834.