Balcombe train station
You can reach 42 stations directly from Balcombe on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 79 trains a day.
Address: London Road, Haywards Heath, RH17 6JQ
- 42 direct destinations
- 1,355th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 62 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Balcombe
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Blackfriars | 79 | 77 | 2 |
| Brighton | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| Burgess Hill | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| East Croydon | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| Gatwick Airport | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| Haywards Heath | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| Hassocks | 79 | 77 | 2 |
| Preston Park | 79 | 77 | 2 |
| St Pancras International | 79 | 77 | 2 |
| Three Bridges | 79 | 77 | 3 |
| Wivelsfield | 79 | 77 | 2 |
| Bedford | 78 | 76 | 2 |
| Flitwick | 78 | 76 | 2 |
| Harlington | 73 | 76 | 2 |
| Harpenden | 75 | 76 | 2 |
| Leagrave | 73 | 76 | 2 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 76 | 76 | 2 |
| Luton | 78 | 76 | 2 |
| St Albans City | 75 | 76 | 2 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 70 | 76 | 2 |
| Farringdon | 74 | 74 | 1 |
| London Bridge | 72 | 73 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 70 | 48 | 0 |
| Brent Cross West | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Cricklewood | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Hendon | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Kentish Town | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Purley | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Redhill | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Radlett | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Horley | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Baldock | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Cambridge | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Coulsdon South | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Cambridge South | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hitchin | 1 | 1 | 0 |
and 4 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Balcombe
Balcombe is on the Brighton Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Balcombe station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Balcombe station on 125 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 25 paths on the Wednesday, 2 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 8 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 11:00 to 12:00 on the Monday, with 7 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Balcombe station is
213,026 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,355th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Balcombe and London Bridge than any other pair: 42,340 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: 33 stations instead of 42, a drop of about 21%. Saturday runs to 44.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Balcombe gains 2 destinations including Merstham, Coulsdon South.
Nearest other stations
- Haywards Heath 3.8 miles
- Three Bridges 4.4 miles
- Crawley 4.5 miles
- Ifield 5.3 miles
- Faygate 6.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Balcombe, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Ardingly · 2.6 miles
- Rowfant · 4.3 miles
- West Hoathly · 4.4 miles
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Facilities at Balcombe station
Balcombe is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 14:30 · Saturday: 06:10 to 14:30 · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Balcombe station
- Station Car Park 62 spaces, 2 accessible
Cycle parking: 12 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Balcombe station
Balcombe station is in Mid Sussex, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J11 (Pease Pottage), 3.2 miles north-west.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Balcombe 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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