Darlington railway station

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Darlington
Location
Place	Darlington
Local authority	Darlington
Coordinates	54°31′12″N 1°32′46″W / 54.520, -1.546Coordinates: 54°31′12″N 1°32′46″W / 54.520, -1.546
Operations
Station code	DAR
Managed by	National Express East Coast
Platforms in use	5
Live departures and station information from National Rail
Annual Rail Passenger Usage
2004/05 *	1.796 million
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* Annual passenger usage based on sales of tickets in stated financial year(s) which end or originate at Darlington from Office of Rail Regulation statistics.
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Darlington railway station, formerly known as Darlington Bank Top, located on the East Coast Main Line is the main railway station for the town of Darlington, in the ceremonial county of County Durham, England.

The town is also served by North Road railway station, the location of the first commercial steam railway: The Stockton and Darlington Railway. The station itself is a Victorian structure, and winner of the Large Station of the Year award in 2005.^[1]

Although not on the Durham Coast Line, Sunday services run to and from Hartlepool railway station.

The station has a direct bus links to Richmond and Catterick Garrison, which is covered by National Rail ticketing, and the Sky Express bus service to Durham Tees Valley Airport, both operated by Arriva North East.

Back in the 1980s a replica set of Darlington Railway Station was built for an episode of Noel's Saturday Roadshow for the BBC.

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• Images of England — details from listed building database (110731)

Preceding station	National Rail			Following station
Northallerton		TransPennine Express North TransPennine		Durham
York		CrossCountry Cross Country Route		Durham
Northallerton		National Express East Coast East Coast Main Line		Durham
Durham or North Road		Northern Rail Tees Valley Line		Dinsdale