Durham train station

You can reach 98 stations directly from Durham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Darlington, with 128 trains a day.

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• 98 direct destinations
• 197th busiest in Britain
• Staffed part time
• Step-free throughout
• 423 parking spaces
• 5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Durham

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 58 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Durham

Durham is on the East Coast Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Durham station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Durham station on 259 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 49 paths on the Wednesday, 22 paths on the Saturday and 4 paths on the Sunday. 58 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 Saturday, with 6 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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Durham station is

2,809,984 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 197th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 3,612 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Durham and Newcastle than any other pair: 1,203,652 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: 59 stations instead of 98, a drop of about 40%. Saturday runs to 61.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Durham gains 10 destinations including Weston-super-Mare, Cupar, Ladybank, Markinch, Thirsk, Brockenhurst.

Nearest other stations

• Chester-le-Street 5.2 miles
• Bishop Auckland 9.3 miles
• Seaham 10.2 miles
• Shildon 10.8 miles
• Horden 11.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Durham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

• Durham Gilesgate · 0.8 miles
• Durham Elvet · 0.8 miles
• Aldin Grange for Bearpark · 1.6 miles
• Frankland · 1.9 miles
• Sherburn House · 2.2 miles
• Ushaw Moor · 2.7 miles

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Facilities at Durham station

Durham is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 18:00 · Saturday: 07:00 to 17:00 · Sunday: 09:00 to 16:00

Toilets · Waiting room

Parking at Durham station

• Station Car Park 423 spaces, 6 accessible
  £2.75 an hour, £8.00 off-peak, £16.00 a day, £65.00 a week
• Short stay
  £2.00 an hour

Cycle parking: 58 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 31 August 2026.

Getting to Durham station

Durham station is in County Durham, North East, and is run by London North Eastern Railway.

The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J62 (Carrville Interchange), 2.2 miles east.

5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Durham 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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