Willington train station

You can reach 17 stations directly from Willington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Birmingham New Street, with 17 trains a day.

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Willington is the nearest station for postcodes in DE65, LE65. Check your own postcode.

17 direct destinations
2,124th busiest in Britain
Unstaffed
5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Willington

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday
Birmingham New Street	17	15
Burton-on-Trent	17	15
Derby	17	15
Nottingham	17	15
Tamworth	17	15
Wilnecote	11	9
Long Eaton	7	6
Beeston	6	6
Spondon	3	1
Cardiff Central	2	0
Cheltenham Spa	2	0
Chepstow	2	0
Gloucester	2	0
Newport	2	0
University	2	0
Worcestershire Parkway	2	0
Attenborough	1	0

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Lines serving Willington

Willington is on the Derby to Birmingham (Proof House Junction) Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Willington station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Willington station on 567 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 106 paths on the Wednesday, 50 paths on the Saturday and 14 paths on the Sunday. 65 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 22:00 to 23:00 on the Tuesday, with 9 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.

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

How busy Willington station is

40,140 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,124th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Willington and Birmingham New Street than any other pair: 12,218 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

There is no Sunday service from Willington. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.