Willington railway station

This article is about the railway station in Derbyshire. For the closed station in Bedfordshire, see Willington (Bedfordshire) railway station.

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General information
Location	South Derbyshire
Managed by	East Midlands Trains (only served by CrossCountry)
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WIL
Key dates
12 August 1839	Opened as Willington
1 October 1855	renamed Willington and Repton
1 May 1877	renamed Repton and Willington
1 October 1899	renamed Willington for Repton
date unknown	renamed Repton and Willington
4 March 1968	Closed
1994	Reopened as Willington

Willington railway station serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England. The station is 6¼ miles (10 km) south west of Derby on the Derby to Birmingham New Street line.

The original station was opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby to Hampton-in-Arden meeting the London and Birmingham Railway for London. The station was renamed Repton and Willington in 1855 with a notice on the platform: "Alight here for Repton School". It closed for goods in 1964 and for passengers in 1968.

The present station was opened in 1994. It is planned that both platforms will be extended by up to 16 metres by no later than 2012.

Services

All services are operated by CrossCountry. East Midlands Trains operate the station but none of their trains call here. The present station was constructed in 1994.

East Midlands Trains used to run a couple of semi-fast services from Burton upon Trent to London St Pancras International. The last London service to call at Willington was on Saturday 13 September 2008. Passengers for London must now change at Birmingham for Virgin Trains services to London Euston, at Tamworth for London Midland services to Euston or at Derby for the original East Midlands Trains services to London St Pancras International.

As of August 2016, services run several times each day, in each direction, running a primarily structured two-hourly service from around 8am to around 6pm. From 6pm, services operate three-hourly (one around 9pm and one around 11/12). In the early morning, there is an hourly service each way until 8am.

Willington is not served on Sundays.

Peartree is between Willington and Derby, but no trains from Willington stop at Peartree.

External links

• Train times and station information for Willington railway station from National Rail

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Burton-on-Trent		CrossCountry Cardiff–Nottingham Mondays-Saturdays only		Derby