Station Overview - Darlington

 Darlington 

Station Usage
In 2021/2022, Darlington had 2,075,056 entries and exits, making it the 170th most used station in Great Britain.
170/2554
It was the 130th busiest station with 1,786 scheduled services per week
130/953
That's a daily average of 5,685.08 passengers starting or ending their journey here and 22.34 passengers per service, giving it the 308th highest passenger to service ratio.
308/1582
Service sample data based on scheduled services during the first week of the May 2021 timetable.
Usage Stats in Detail
Full price entries & exits: 316,454
Reduced price entries & exits: 1,643,764
Season ticket entries & exits: 114,838
Interchanges made between connecting services: 360,656
Change in usage from 2021/2022: +1,537,382 : 285.93%
Platform Lengths
Plat.MetresVF*Notes
13471261Down direction to T887 signal
13541287Up direction
2181658
3200727
4238865Up direction to T888 signal
44581665Both directions
4a134487Down direction to T895 signal
4b251912Down direction clear of 1080B points

*VF = Vicki Feet: the unit of measurement for platform lengths, as used in the excellent All The Stations. Conversion rate: YouTube video
Data derived from Network Rail timetable planning rules 2021 (Nov 2019)

Timetables
TableRoute
4 Glasgow & Edinburgh - Newcastle - York, Leeds & London
13 Long distance services to and from Birmingham (North-South)
95 Liverpool & Manchester - Leeds & The North East via Huddersfield
105 Bishop Aukland - Darlington - Middlesbrough - Saltburn

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Current Service Pattern
DAY/HR000102030405060708091011121314151617181920212223
Mon 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 14 17 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 16 15 15 9 10 6 280
Tue 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 14 17 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 16 15 15 9 10 6 280
Wed 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 14 17 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 16 15 15 9 10 6 280
Thu 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 14 17 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 16 15 15 9 10 6 280
Fri 0 1 0 0 0 3 9 14 17 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 16 15 15 9 10 6 280
Sat 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 10 15 19 18 19 18 18 19 17 19 18 14 15 12 10 9 5 266
Sun 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 7 8 11 13 15 15 14 14 14 13 12 14 13 10 8 5 187
Timetable data based on scheduled services during the first week of the current (May 2022) timetable.
Other service patterns:
Location Details
Location: Darlington
CRS: DAR / NLC: 7877 / TIPLOC: DLTN
Station Facility Owner: London North Eastern Railway
OS Grid Ref: 429400 514000
Region: North East
Local Authority: Darlington
ELR(s): ECM5 44m 11ch
Station Usage History
Line Chart
1997-1998: 1,393,707
1998-1999: 1,442,034 (+48,327 : 3.47%)
1999-2000: 1,470,725 (+28,691 : 1.99%)
2000-2001: 1,373,084 (-97,641 : -6.64%)
2001-2002: 1,482,381 (+109,297 : 7.96%)
2002-2003: 1,509,282 (+26,901 : 1.81%)
2003-2004: Not Conducted
2004-2005: 1,795,683 (+286,401 : 18.98%)
2005-2006: 1,906,131 (+110,448 : 6.15%)
2006-2007: 2,013,516 (+107,385 : 5.63%)
2007-2008: 2,099,480 (+85,964 : 4.27%)
2008-2009: 2,184,436 (+84,956 : 4.05%)
2009-2010: 2,164,428 (-20,008 : -0.92%)
2010-2011: 2,209,274 (+44,846 : 2.07%)
2011-2012: 2,261,790 (+52,516 : 2.38%)
2012-2013: 2,179,326 (-82,464 : -3.65%)
2013-2014: 2,207,775 (+28,449 : 1.31%)
2014-2015: 2,257,424 (+49,649 : 2.25%)
2015-2016: 2,244,498 (-12,926 : -0.57%)
2016-2017: 2,269,974 (+25,476 : 1.14%)
2017-2018: 2,324,846 (+54,872 : 2.42%)
2018-2019: 2,394,446 (+69,600 : 2.99%)
2019-2020: 2,387,932 (-6,514 : -0.27%)
2020-2021: 537,674 (-1,850,258 : -77.48%)
2021-2022: 2,075,056 (+1,537,382 : 285.93%)

Change between 1997 & 2020: +994,225 (+71.34%)
Change between 1997 & 2022: +681,349 (+48.89%)
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