Willington railway station
Willington railway station (formerly known as Willington and Repton, Willington for Repton and Repton and Willington) serves the village of Willington in Derbyshire, England. The station is 6¼ miles (10 km) south-west of on the Cross Country Route. The station is operated by East Midlands Railway but none of their services calls here. Only CrossCountry services call at the station. The original station was opened in 1839 by the Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway on its original route from Derby 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". The station closed in 1968 as part of the Beeching Axe, before being reopened in 1994. It was 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 this has yet to come to fruition. During their franchise, East Midlands