Darwen train station
You can reach 18 stations directly from Darwen on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Blackburn, with 65 trains a day.
Darwen is the nearest station for postcodes in BB3. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Darwen
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blackburn | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Bromley Cross | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Bolton | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Hall i' th' Wood | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Manchester Victoria | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Salford Crescent | 65 | 65 | 16 |
| Salford Central | 64 | 64 | 15 |
| Castleton | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Mills Hill | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Moston | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Rochdale | 62 | 61 | 0 |
| Clitheroe | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Langho | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Ramsgreave and Wilpshire | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Whalley | 35 | 39 | 0 |
| Entwistle | 38 | 38 | 15 |
| Horton-in-Ribblesdale | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Hellifield | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Ribblehead | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Settle | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Farnworth | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Moses Gate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Lines serving Darwen
Darwen is on the Ribble Valley Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Darwen station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Darwen 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 Darwen station is
345,590 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,084th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Darwen and Manchester Victoria than any other pair: 118,262 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: 8 stations instead of 18, a drop of about 56%. Saturday runs to 22.
Nearest other stations
- Mill Hill 3.0 miles
- Cherry Tree 3.3 miles
- Blackburn 3.4 miles
- Entwistle 3.6 miles
- Pleasington 4.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Darwen, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Spring Vale · 0.8 miles
- Lower Darwen · 1.7 miles
- Whittlestone Head · 2.7 miles
- Feniscowles · 3.3 miles
- Withnell · 3.4 miles
- Daisyfield · 3.9 miles
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Facilities at Darwen station
Darwen is unstaffed, with step-free access to part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 28 May 2026.
Getting to Darwen station
Darwen station is in Blackburn with Darwen, North West, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is M65 J4 (Earcroft Interchange), 1.2 miles north.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Darwen 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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