Trains to Darlington - Station Details and further Information on Darlington Train Services
Darlington train station, also known as Darlington Bank Top, is the main train station for the town of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England. The station is located on the East Coast Main Line 232½ miles north of London Kings Cross.
The town is the location of the first commercial steam railway: The Stockton and Darlington Railway. The station itself is a Victorian structure, and winner of the Large Station of the Year award in 2005. It has a full range of passenger facilities, including a buffet, newsagent, First Class Lounge and travel centre.
Darlington is well served by trains on the East Coast Main Line, with regular trains to London Kings Cross via York, Newcastle, Glasgow and Edinburgh operated by National Express East Coast. Two trains per hour run towards London and Newcastle for much of the day, with hourly services to Edinburgh and Glasgow served on a two-hourly basis. There are also daily services to Dundee and Aberdeen.
CrossCountry services between Edinburgh/Newcastle and Birmingham New Street & beyond (to Oxford & Reading and to Bristol Temple Meads, Plymouth & Penzance) also call here twice each hour, along with hourly First TransPennine Express trains between Newcastle and Manchester Airport via Leeds, Huddersfield and Manchester Piccadilly.
Northern Rail run their Tees Valley line trains twice hourly to Middlesbrough, Redcar and Saltburn (hourly on Sundays), whilst the Bishop Auckland branch has a service every two hours for most of the day, increasing to hourly during the morning & evening peaks. The company also operates Sundays-only trains to Hartlepool and Whitby, although the latter only run during the summer months. |