Darwen railway station

You can reach 18 stations directly from Darwen on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Blackburn, with 65 trains a day.

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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

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How busy Darwen 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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More about this station on Wikipedia.