Attenborough train station
You can reach 66 stations directly from Attenborough on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Beeston, with 72 trains a day.
Direct trains from Attenborough
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beeston | 72 | 74 | 30 |
| Nottingham | 72 | 72 | 30 |
| Derby | 41 | 41 | 30 |
| Long Eaton | 41 | 41 | 30 |
| East Midlands Parkway | 31 | 33 | 0 |
| Loughborough | 31 | 33 | 0 |
| Leicester | 31 | 33 | 0 |
| Sileby | 31 | 32 | 0 |
| Syston | 31 | 32 | 0 |
| Alsager | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Barrow-upon-Soar | 30 | 32 | 0 |
| Blythe Bridge | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Crewe | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Kidsgrove | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Longton | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Tutbury and Hatton | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Uttoxeter | 30 | 29 | 0 |
| Newark Castle | 27 | 28 | 24 |
| Carlton | 26 | 27 | 23 |
| Fiskerton | 26 | 27 | 7 |
| Lowdham | 26 | 27 | 23 |
| Burton Joyce | 25 | 27 | 7 |
| Hykeham | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| Lincoln | 25 | 24 | 22 |
| Bleasby | 16 | 17 | 7 |
| Thurgarton | 15 | 16 | 7 |
| Rolleston | 12 | 14 | 7 |
| Collingham | 10 | 9 | 22 |
| Spondon | 8 | 11 | 26 |
| Swinderby | 6 | 5 | 14 |
| Ambergate | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| Belper | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| Duffield | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| Peartree | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Birmingham New Street | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| Cromford | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| Matlock | 4 | 6 | 26 |
| Matlock Bath | 4 | 6 | 26 |
and 26 more stations, each served less often.
Freight through Attenborough station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Attenborough station on 113 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 24 paths on the Wednesday, 3 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 16 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 12:00 to 13:00 on the Monday, with 3 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Attenborough station is
96,094 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,782nd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Attenborough and Nottingham than any other pair: 51,942 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 30 stations instead of 66, a drop of about 55%. Saturday runs to 44.
Nearest other stations
- Beeston 1.4 miles
- Long Eaton 2.8 miles
- East Midlands Parkway 3.3 miles
- Nottingham 4.6 miles
- Ilkeston 5.7 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Attenborough, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Long Eaton (MCR) · 1.5 miles
- Long Eaton · 1.6 miles
- Long Eaton · 1.6 miles
- Trent · 2.1 miles
- East Midlands Hub · 2.1 miles
- Stapleford and Sandiacre · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Attenborough station
Attenborough is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Cycle parking: 28 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 19 June 2026.
Getting to Attenborough station
Attenborough station is in Broxtowe, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J25 (Sandiacre Interchange), 2.9 miles west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Ireton Grove.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Attenborough station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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