Filed electronically with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 18, 2011

 File No. 002-91577

 File No. 811-04049

 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D. C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933	|__|
Pre-Effective Amendment No.	|__|
Post-Effective Amendment No. 54	| X |
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	|__|
Amendment No. 56	| X |

DWS Income Trust

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

345 Park Avenue, New York, NY  10154

 (Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s Telephone Number, including Area Code:  (617) 295-1000

John Millette

Vice President and Secretary

One Beacon Street, Boston, MA 02108

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

| X |	Immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b)
|___|	On _____________ pursuant to paragraph (b)
|___|	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
|___|	On ____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(1)
|___|	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2)
|___|	On _____________ pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485
|___|	pursuant to paragraph (a)(3) of Rule 485
	If appropriate, check the following box:
|___|	This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.

This filing relates solely to the following Fund, a series of the Registrant:

·   DWS Core Fixed Income Fund — Class A, Class B, Class C, Class R, Class S and Institutional Class

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 and has duly caused this amendment to its Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, in the City of New York and the State of New York on the 15th day of February 2011.

DWS INCOME TRUST

By:  /s/Michael G. Clark

Michael G. Clark*

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this Post-Effective Amendment to its Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

SIGNATURE	TITLE		DATE
/s/Michael G. Clark
Michael G. Clark*		President		February 15, 2011
/s/Paul H. Schubert
Paul H. Schubert		Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer		February 15, 2011
/s/John W. Ballantine
John W. Ballantine*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Henry P. Becton, Jr.
Henry P. Becton, Jr.*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Dawn-Marie Driscoll
Dawn-Marie Driscoll*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Keith R. Fox
Keith R. Fox*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Paul K. Freeman
Paul K. Freeman*		Chairperson and Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Kenneth C. Froewiss
Kenneth C. Froewiss*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Richard J. Herring
Richard J. Herring*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/William McClayton
William McClayton*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/Rebecca W. Rimel
Rebecca W. Rimel*		Trustee		February 15, 2011
/s/William N. Searcy, Jr.
William N. Searcy, Jr.*		Trustee		February 15, 2011

SIGNATURE TITLE DATE

/s/Jean Gleason Stromberg
Jean Gleason Stromberg*	Trustee	February 15, 2011
/s/Robert H. Wadsworth
Robert H. Wadsworth*	Trustee	February 15, 2011

*By:           

/s/Caroline Pearson

Caroline Pearson**

Chief Legal Officer

** Attorney-in-fact pursuant to the powers of attorney that are incorporated herein by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 44 to the Registration Statement, as filed on January 28, 2009.

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase