Darlington train station
Darlington is a major interchange: 113 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Newcastle, with 154 trains a day.
Darlington is the nearest station for postcodes in DL10, DL11. Check your own postcode.
- 113 direct destinations
- 195th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 728 parking spaces
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Darlington
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 154 | 136 | 119 |
| York | 151 | 134 | 118 |
| Durham | 128 | 110 | 94 |
| Doncaster | 52 | 66 | 61 |
| London King's Cross | 66 | 61 | 53 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 62 | 58 | 50 |
| Allens West | 69 | 69 | 39 |
| Dinsdale | 69 | 69 | 39 |
| Eaglescliffe | 69 | 69 | 39 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 47 | 43 | 36 |
| Middlesbrough | 69 | 69 | 35 |
| Thornaby | 69 | 69 | 35 |
| Chester-le-Street | 40 | 39 | 32 |
| Peterborough | 39 | 36 | 31 |
| Longbeck | 67 | 2 | 30 |
| Marske | 66 | 2 | 30 |
| Northallerton | 42 | 39 | 30 |
| Redcar Central | 67 | 2 | 30 |
| Redcar East | 67 | 2 | 30 |
| Saltburn | 67 | 2 | 30 |
| Bishop Auckland | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Heighington | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Newark Northgate | 34 | 32 | 28 |
| North Road | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Shildon | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Sheffield | 43 | 30 | 28 |
| Birmingham New Street | 42 | 30 | 27 |
| Derby | 43 | 30 | 27 |
| Alnmouth | 35 | 33 | 25 |
| Grantham | 32 | 31 | 24 |
| Chesterfield | 30 | 27 | 22 |
| Stevenage | 29 | 27 | 22 |
| Worcestershire Parkway | 11 | 23 | 19 |
| Morpeth | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| South Bank | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| Tamworth | 18 | 16 | 14 |
| Burton-on-Trent | 18 | 17 | 13 |
| Dunbar | 15 | 14 | 10 |
| Haymarket | 14 | 12 | 9 |
and 74 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Darlington
Darlington is on the East Coast Main Line and the Tees Valley Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Darlington station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Darlington station on 210 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 39 paths on the Wednesday, 23 paths on the Saturday and 4 paths on the Sunday. 44 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 00:00 to 01:00 on the Tuesday, with 5 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 Darlington station is
2,827,176 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 195th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 612,574 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Darlington and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 671,780 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Darlington gains 12 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Cupar, Ladybank, Markinch, Manchester Piccadilly, Manchester Oxford Road.
Nearest other stations
- North Road 1.1 miles
- Dinsdale 3.2 miles
- Heighington 5.5 miles
- Newton Aycliffe 6.7 miles
- Allens West 7.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Darlington, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Croft Spa · 2.6 miles
- Fighting Cocks · 3.0 miles
- Teesside Airport · 4.9 miles
- Eryholme · 5.0 miles
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Facilities at Darlington station
Darlington is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 19:00 · Saturday: 07:00 to 19:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 18:00
WiFi
Parking at Darlington station
- Station Car Park 728 spaces, 66 accessible
£2.00 an hour, £6.25 off-peak, £12.50 a day, £50.00 a week - Short stay
£2.00 an hour - Station Car Park
Cycle parking: 152 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 20 August 2026.
Getting to Darlington station
Darlington station is in Darlington, North East, and is run by London North Eastern Railway.
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J58 (Burtree Interchange), 3.0 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Darlington Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Darlington 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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