Bulwell train station
You can reach 12 stations directly from Bulwell on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hucknall, with 39 trains a day.
Bulwell is the nearest station for postcodes in NG6, NG5, NG8. Check your own postcode.
- 12 direct destinations
- 1,907th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free in part
- 70 parking spaces
- 15 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bulwell
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hucknall | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Kirkby-in-Ashfield | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Mansfield | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Mansfield Woodhouse | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Nottingham | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Newstead | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Sutton Parkway | 39 | 37 | 26 |
| Creswell | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Shirebrook | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Worksop | 33 | 36 | 0 |
| Whitwell | 19 | 22 | 0 |
| Langwith-Whaley Thorns | 18 | 21 | 0 |
Lines serving Bulwell
Bulwell is on the Robin Hood Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bulwell station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bulwell station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Bulwell station is
71,838 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,907th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bulwell and Nottingham than any other pair: 19,006 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: 7 stations instead of 12, a drop of about 42%. Saturday runs to 12.
Nearest other stations
- Hucknall 2.7 miles
- Nottingham 4.2 miles
- Ilkeston 4.4 miles
- Newstead 5.0 miles
- Carlton 5.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bulwell, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bulwell Common · 0.4 miles
- Bulwell Forest · 0.7 miles
- Basford North · 0.8 miles
- Godley Toll Bar · 1.0 miles
- Bulwell Hall Halt · 1.0 miles
- Basford Vernon · 1.5 miles
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Facilities at Bulwell station
Bulwell is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
Parking at Bulwell station
- Station Car Park 70 spaces
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 11 June 2026.
Getting to Bulwell station
Bulwell station is in Nottingham, East Midlands, and is run by East Midlands Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J26 (Nuthall Interchange), 1.6 miles west.
15 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Bulwell Church.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bulwell 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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