Willington railway station

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.

Willington
Location	Willington, South Derbyshire England
Coordinates	52.854°N 1.563°W
Grid reference	SK294285
Managed by	East Midlands Railway
Platforms	2
Other information
Station code	WIL
Classification	DfT category F2
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[1]
1 April 1994	Reopened as Willington
Passengers
2015/16	29,506
2016/17	31,522
2017/18	35,140
2018/19	37,168
2019/20	38,786
Notes
Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

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".[1][2] 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.[3]

Services

All services are operated by CrossCountry. East Midlands Railway operate the station but none of their trains call here. The present station was constructed in 1994. It was planned as part of the 'Ivanhoe Line' which would run through to Loughborough, but in 2021 this has still no been realised.

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

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.

References

1. Butt, R.V.J., (1995) The Directory of Railway Stations, Yeovil: Patrick Stephens
2. Pixton, B., (2005) Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route, Runpast Publishing
3. "Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2009 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones" (PDF). Network Rail. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

External links

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