North Road train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from North Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bishop Auckland, with 32 trains a day.
North Road is the nearest station for postcodes in DL98, DL1, DL3, DL2. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from North Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bishop Auckland | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Darlington | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Heighington | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Newton Aycliffe | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Shildon | 32 | 32 | 28 |
| Allens West | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Dinsdale | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Eaglescliffe | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Longbeck | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Middlesbrough | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| Marske | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Redcar Central | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Redcar East | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Saltburn | 30 | 0 | 25 |
| Thornaby | 30 | 30 | 25 |
| South Bank | 14 | 0 | 11 |
Lines serving North Road
North Road is on the Tees Valley Line (Bishop Auckland Branch). That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through North Road station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside North Road 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 North Road station is
51,248 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,034th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between North Road and Middlesbrough than any other pair: 11,592 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.
Nearest other stations
- Darlington 1.1 miles
- Dinsdale 3.8 miles
- Heighington 4.4 miles
- Newton Aycliffe 5.6 miles
- Shildon 7.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of North Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Fighting Cocks · 3.4 miles
- Croft Spa · 3.6 miles
- Aycliffe · 4.2 miles
- Piercebridge · 4.8 miles
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Facilities at North Road station
North Road is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to North Road station
North Road station is in Darlington, North East, and is run by Northern Trains.
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J58 (Burtree Interchange), 2.1 miles north-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being North Road.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
North Road 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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