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Willington railway station serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England. The station is 6¼ miles (10 km) south west of 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 to 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".〔〔Pixton, B., (2005) ''Birmingham-Derby: Portrait of a Famous Route,'' Runpast Publishing〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Network Rail CP4 Delivery Plan 2009 Enhancements programme: statement of scope, outputs and milestones )〕 ==Services== 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 1994. 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. Passengers for London must now change at Birmingham for Virgin Trains services to London Euston, at Tamworth for London Midland services to Euston or at Derby for the original East Midlands Trains services to London St Pancras International. Peartree is between Willington and Derby, but no trains from Willington stop at Peartree. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Willington railway station」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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