Ilkeston railway station
You can reach 32 stations directly from Ilkeston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Alfreton, with 46 trains a day.
Ilkeston is the nearest station for postcodes in DE7. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Ilkeston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alfreton | 46 | 4 | 2 |
| Chesterfield | 46 | 4 | 2 |
| Nottingham | 46 | 4 | 2 |
| Sheffield | 46 | 4 | 2 |
| Langley Mill | 39 | 4 | 2 |
| Dronfield | 38 | 3 | 2 |
| Barnsley Interchange | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeds | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Meadowhall Interchange | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Wakefield Kirkgate | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool Lime Street | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Liverpool South Parkway | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Manchester Oxford Road | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Stockport | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Warrington Central | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Widnes | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Ely | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Grantham | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwich | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Peterborough | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Thetford | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Birchwood | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Attleborough | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Darnall | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiveton Bridge | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kiveton Park | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Normanton | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Retford | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shireoaks | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodhouse | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Worksop | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How busy Ilkeston is
203,260 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,390th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Ilkeston and Nottingham than any other pair: 94,416 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: 6 stations instead of 32, a drop of about 81%. Saturday runs to 6.
Nearest other stations
- Langley Mill 3.1 miles
- Bulwell 4.4 miles
- Beeston 5.4 miles
- Attenborough 5.7 miles
- Hucknall 5.8 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Ilkeston, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ilkeston Town · 0.6 miles
- Ilkeston North · 0.7 miles
- Awsworth · 1.0 miles
- Trowell · 1.6 miles
- Shipley Gate · 1.8 miles
- Newthorpe, Greasley and Shipley Gate · 2.0 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.