Banbury railway station
You can reach 77 stations directly from Banbury on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Leamington Spa, with 113 trains a day.
Banbury is the nearest station for postcodes in OX16, OX17, OX15. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Banbury
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington Spa | 113 | 100 | 74 |
| Oxford | 77 | 69 | 43 |
| London Marylebone | 71 | 57 | 43 |
| Bicester North | 70 | 56 | 42 |
| Warwick | 63 | 52 | 37 |
| Birmingham Moor Street | 62 | 51 | 36 |
| Dorridge | 62 | 51 | 36 |
| Solihull | 62 | 51 | 36 |
| Warwick Parkway | 62 | 51 | 36 |
| Reading | 51 | 48 | 37 |
| High Wycombe | 50 | 41 | 34 |
| Birmingham New Street | 49 | 48 | 37 |
| Haddenham and Thame Parkway | 46 | 55 | 42 |
| King's Sutton | 45 | 35 | 20 |
| Birmingham International | 33 | 32 | 34 |
| Basingstoke | 33 | 32 | 24 |
| Coventry | 33 | 32 | 34 |
| Southampton Airport Parkway | 33 | 32 | 24 |
| Southampton Central | 33 | 32 | 24 |
| Winchester | 33 | 32 | 24 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| Stafford | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| Wolverhampton | 31 | 29 | 24 |
| Stoke-on-Trent | 30 | 29 | 23 |
| Brockenhurst | 29 | 29 | 22 |
| Bournemouth | 29 | 29 | 22 |
| Macclesfield | 28 | 28 | 23 |
| Stockport | 28 | 28 | 24 |
| Birmingham Snow Hill | 25 | 4 | 4 |
| Heyford | 25 | 19 | 6 |
| Wembley Stadium | 24 | 6 | 9 |
| Culham | 22 | 13 | 0 |
| Didcot Parkway | 22 | 14 | 0 |
| Radley | 22 | 13 | 0 |
| Derby | 16 | 17 | 7 |
| Doncaster | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| Sheffield | 15 | 15 | 6 |
| York | 15 | 3 | 5 |
| Tackley | 13 | 10 | 3 |
| Princes Risborough | 12 | 14 | 32 |
and 37 more stations, each served less often.
How busy Banbury is
2,269,872 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 261st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 220,056 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Banbury and London Marylebone than any other pair: 615,822 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: 58 stations instead of 77, a drop of about 25%. Saturday runs to 66.
Changing from 17 February 2027
From 17 February 2027, Banbury gains 9 destinations including Dunbar, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket and loses 1 including Denham Golf Club.
Nearest other stations
- King's Sutton 3.4 miles
- Heyford 9.9 miles
- Tackley 12.4 miles
- Bicester North 13.2 miles
- Bicester Village 13.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Banbury, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Banbury Merton Street · 0.2 miles
- Chalcombe Road Halt · 3.0 miles
- Milton Halt · 3.3 miles
- Adderbury · 3.6 miles
- Cropredy · 3.6 miles
- Farthinghoe · 3.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.