Trains to Willington - Station Details and further Information on Willington Train Services
Willington train station serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England. The station is 6.25 miles 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.
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 the mid 1990s.It is served only by a handful of Birmingham - Nottingham CrossCountry trains. 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. There is no Sunday service.
For a time it was known also as Repton and Willington 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 constructed in the mid 1990s. |