Darlington railway station

Darlington
Station concourse and platforms
General information
Location	Darlington, County Durham, England
Coordinates	54°31′15″N 1°32′48″W / 54.5207294°N 1.5466938°W / 54.5207294; -1.5466938
Grid reference	NZ294140
Owned by	Network Rail
Managed by	London North Eastern Railway
Platforms	4
Other information
Station code	DAR
Classification	DfT category B
History
Original company	North Eastern Railway
Pre-grouping	North Eastern Railway
Post-grouping	London and North Eastern Railway British Rail (Eastern Region)
Key dates
31 March 1841	Opened as Darlington
1 October 1868	Renamed Darlington Bank Top
1 July 1887	Resited
1 September 1934	Renamed Darlington
2025	Increase from four to six platforms
Passengers
2018/19	2.394 million
Interchange	0.406 million
2019/20	2.388 million
Interchange	0.471 million
2020/21	0.538 million
Interchange	86,795
2021/22	2.075 million
Interchange	0.361 million
2022/23	2.220 million
Interchange	0.472 million
Listed Building – Grade II*
Feature	Original North Eastern Railway station building
Designated	6 September 1977
Reference no.	1310079[1]
Location
Notes Passenger statistics from the Office of Rail and Road

Darlington railway station is on the East Coast Main Line serving the town of Darlington in County Durham, England. It is 232 miles 50 chains (232.63 miles; 374.37 kilometres) north of London King's Cross. It is situated between Northallerton to the south and Durham to the north. Its three-letter station code is DAR.

The station is well served, since it is an important stop for main line services, with trains being operated by London North Eastern Railway, CrossCountry and TransPennine Express, and it is the interchange for Northern services to Bishop Auckland, Middlesbrough and Saltburn. Darlington is the location of the first commercial steam railway: the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The station building is a Grade II* listed^[1] Victorian structure and winner of the "Large Station of the Year" award in 2005.^[2]