Basingstoke railway station

Basingstoke is a major interchange: 106 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Waterloo, with 204 trains a day.

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Basingstoke is the nearest station for postcodes in RG21, RG24, RG22, RG23, RG25. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Basingstoke

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Waterloo	204	209	168
Woking	167	180	167
Winchester	122	110	104
Clapham Junction	115	131	168
Reading	111	105	71
Farnborough (Main)	101	106	71
Fleet	100	106	55
Southampton Airport Parkway	86	77	79
Southampton Central	86	77	79
Bramley	76	73	28
Mortimer	76	73	28
Reading Green Park	76	73	28
Reading West	75	73	28
Bournemouth	74	67	75
Brockenhurst	70	67	75
Hook	68	74	35
Winchfield	68	74	35
Andover	67	66	59
Brookwood	67	74	52
Salisbury	67	66	59
Surbiton	58	74	51
Weybridge	55	70	18
Eastleigh	53	47	52
Walton-on-Thames	53	70	18
Grateley	47	39	31
Overton	47	39	31
Whitchurch	47	39	31
Micheldever	39	38	34
Poole	39	38	52
Botley	36	33	23
Cosham	36	33	23
Fareham	36	33	23
Fratton	36	33	23
Hedge End	36	33	23
Portsmouth Harbour	36	33	23
Portsmouth and Southsea	36	33	23
Portchester	36	33	23
Hilsea	35	33	22
Yeovil Junction	35	31	29
Christchurch	34	36	24

and 66 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Basingstoke is

4,793,820 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 110th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 829,653 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Basingstoke and London Waterloo than any other pair: 1,626,552 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.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Basingstoke gains 10 destinations including Dunbar, Alnmouth, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Motherwell, Glasgow Central, Haymarket.

Nearest other stations

Bramley 4.4 miles
Hook 5.6 miles
Overton 7.5 miles
Mortimer 7.5 miles
Winchfield 7.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Basingstoke, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Cliddesden · 2.2 miles
Oakley (Hampshire) · 4.4 miles
Herriard · 4.8 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.