Darlington
Station Information
Darlington is a staffed station served by LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express and 1 more. Allow 8 minutes to change trains here.
How reliable is this station?
Of the 8256 services that called at Darlington over the last 30 days, 82.1% ran on time, 15.7% arrived more than 5 minutes late, and 2.2% were cancelled. Today has been broadly in line with that trend: 26% of 23 services so far are on time. The worst recent day was 26 Oct, when 100% of services were delayed. Live cancellations, platform changes, and short-notice delays update in the board above; the 30-day figures are updated nightly from National Rail Darwin data.
Which operators run through here?
Darlington is served by LNER, Northern, TransPennine Express and CrossCountry. LNER runs the bulk of weekday services (around ~undefined/day), with the long-distance operators — TransPennine Express and CrossCountry — adding the cross-country and London links. Tap any service on the board to view its full calling list, platform and delay history.
Where do trains from Darlington go?
The most common direct destination from Darlington is Newcastle (around 580+ trains per day), followed by York, Durham, and Edinburgh. Direct services also run to 4 other destinations. The live board above shows every departure in the next hour; tap the chip to filter by destination or use the search above. 8 direct routes are published from this station, covering most major UK cities.
Current disruption affecting this station
There are no current disruption messages for Darlington. If a problem develops during your journey, Railly surfaces the same station messages National Rail shows in its app — refresh the board to see updates.
Accessibility at Darlington
Darlington has full step-free access and is fully staffed throughout opening hours. Help points are available on every platform. A station wheelchair is available on request. A taxi rank is outside the main entrance and bus stops are within a short walk. National Rail's Passenger Assist service can book assistance on any train from this station — recommend booking at least 2 hours before travel.
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Popular journeys from Darlington
Facilities
Ticket office hours
Mon–Fri 06:00–19:00
Sat 07:00–19:00
Sun 08:00–18:00
Information desk hours
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri 06:00–20:00
Sat 06:00–19:45
Sun 08:00–20:00
Connections
Accessibility
Step-free and accessible travel
This station has step free access to all platforms.
This station is a category A station according to the Office of Rail and Road station classification system https://www.orr.gov.uk/media/10955.
Darlington has a RNIB 'Map for All' located at the main entrance, adjacent to the taxi rank and accessible parking. Access to the platforms via the Victoria Road entrance is via a steep ramp.
Staff can deploy station ramps at all times when trains are operating through this station to help customers who need step-free access board any train at this station. Where in circumstances beyond our control station staff are not available, on train staff can deploy the on board ramp if necessary.