Anerley train station
You can reach 28 stations directly from Anerley on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockley, with 157 trains a day.
Anerley is the nearest station for postcodes in SE20. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Anerley
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockley | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Forest Hill | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Honor Oak Park | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Norwood Junction | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| New Cross Gate | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Penge West | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Sydenham | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| West Croydon | 150 | 146 | 114 |
| Dalston Junction | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Haggerston | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Hoxton | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Rotherhithe | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Shoreditch High Street | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Shadwell | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Surrey Quays | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Wapping | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Canada Water | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Whitechapel | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| London Bridge | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| East Croydon | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sutton | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Purley Oaks | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Purley | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| South Croydon | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Caterham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whyteleafe South | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whyteleafe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Anerley
Anerley is on the London Bridge to Windmill Bridge Junction. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Anerley station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Anerley station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Anerley station is
948,840 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 561st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Anerley and Canada Water than any other pair: 282,388 a year. That is where passengers go, which is not always where the most trains go.
Source: Office of Rail and Road, Estimates of station usage, 2024-25. Estimated from ticket sales.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 20 stations instead of 28, a drop of about 29%. Saturday runs to 20.
Nearest other stations
- Penge West 0.4 miles
- Crystal Palace 0.4 miles
- Penge East 0.7 miles
- Birkbeck 0.7 miles
- Kent House 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Anerley, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Crystal Palace (High Level) · 0.8 miles
- Upper Sydenham · 1.3 miles
- Woodside · 1.7 miles
- Lordship Lane · 1.9 miles
- Bingham Road · 2.3 miles
- Addiscombe · 2.4 miles
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Facilities at Anerley station
Anerley is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:30 to 10:00
WiFi
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Anerley station
Anerley station is in Bromley, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 9.7 miles south-west.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Anerley Station.
Anerley is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Anerley station elsewhere
- National Rail facilities, opening hours and live departures
- Realtime Trains every train calling today, to the minute
- Wikipedia the station's history
- OpenStreetMap the map data this page is built from
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