Dalry railway station

Dalry Scottish Gaelic: Dail Fhraoich[1]
Dalry Station in October 2009
General information
Location	Dalry, North Ayrshire Scotland
Coordinates	55.7060°N 4.7112°W / 55.7060; -4.7112
Grid reference	NS297491
Managed by	ScotRail
Transit authority	SPT
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	DLY
History
Original company	Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway
Pre-grouping	Glasgow and South Western Railway
Post-grouping	LMS
Key dates
21 July 1840	Opened
c. 1905	Station expanded to four platforms
1980s	Station remodelled back to two platforms
Passengers
2019/20	0.208 million
2020/21	19,872
2021/22	0.102 million
2022/23	0.139 million
2023/24	0.162 million
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Dalry railway station is a railway station serving the town of Dalry, North Ayrshire, Scotland. The station is managed by 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.^[2] 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.^[3] 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.^[3] 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^[4] and to all other traffic in 1973 (Kilmarnock line) & 1977 (North Johnstone Loop),^[5] 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.^[6] The Ayrshire Coast Line was electrified by British Rail.

Services

A typical service between Monday and Saturday is:^[7]

• Half-hourly service to Ayr
• Hourly service to Ardrossan Harbour
• Four trains per-hour to Glasgow Central

There are also occasional services to Largs. On Sundays, the Largs branch trains call hourly in each direction.

References

Notes

1. Brailsford 2017, Gaelic/English Station Index.
2. Butt, p. 76
3. Guthrie
4. Hurst, p. 44
5. Hurst, p. 70
6. Smith, p. 18
7. Table 221 National Rail timetable, May 2016

Sources

• Brailsford, Martyn, ed. (December 2017) [1987]. Railway Track Diagrams 1: Scotland & Isle of Man (6th ed.). Frome: Trackmaps. ISBN 978-0-9549866-9-8.
• 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.
• 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kilwinning		ScotRail Ayrshire Coast Line		Glengarnock
	Historical railways
Connection with GPK&AR at Brownhill Junction		Glasgow and South Western Railway Dalry and North Johnstone Line		Kilbirnie Line and station closed
Dalry Junction Line open; station closed		Glasgow and South Western Railway Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmarnock and Ayr Railway		Glengarnock Line and station open