Dalry railway station

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.

Dalry
Scottish Gaelic: Dail Fhraoich[1]
Dalry Station in October 2009
Location
Place	Dalry
Local authority	North Ayrshire
Coordinates	55.7060°N 4.7112°W / 55.7060; -4.7112
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*
2014/15	0.197 million
2015/16	0.204 million
2016/17	0.200 million
2017/18	0.214 million
2018/19	0.211 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
National Rail – UK railway stations
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.

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
• Three trains per-hour to Glasgow Central

There are also occasional services to North Berwick, Edinburgh and 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.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• 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 978-1-85260-508-7. 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.

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Kilwinning		Abellio 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