Willington railway station
Willington railway station serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England. The station is 6¼ miles (10 km) south west of on the Cross Country Route. 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". 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. 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 not 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.