Bearsted train station
You can reach 31 stations directly from Bearsted on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 73 trains a day.
Address: Ware Street, ME14 4PH
- 31 direct destinations
- 1,134th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 49 parking spaces
- 5 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bearsted
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 73 | 52 | 34 |
| Maidstone East | 73 | 52 | 34 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Otford | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Swanley | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| West Malling | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Lenham | 71 | 51 | 34 |
| Charing | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Hollingbourne | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Harrietsham | 69 | 50 | 33 |
| Barming | 61 | 39 | 32 |
| Bromley South | 61 | 45 | 32 |
| East Malling | 61 | 39 | 32 |
| London Victoria | 61 | 45 | 32 |
| St Mary Cray | 55 | 45 | 32 |
| Kemsing | 38 | 36 | 0 |
| Charing Cross | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Waterloo East | 11 | 6 | 0 |
| Canterbury West | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chilham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Chartham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Minster | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Sturry | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wye | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ramsgate | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Folkestone Central | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Folkestone West | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sandling | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Thanet Parkway | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westenhanger | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Bearsted
Bearsted is on the Kent Downs Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bearsted station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Bearsted station on 404 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 65 paths on the Wednesday, 55 paths on the Saturday and 32 paths on the Sunday. 10 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 00:00 to 01:00 on the Tuesday, with 6 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 Bearsted station is
316,948 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,134th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bearsted and London Victoria than any other pair: 119,068 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: 15 stations instead of 31, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 19.
Nearest other stations
- Hollingbourne 2.3 miles
- Maidstone East 2.5 miles
- Maidstone West 2.7 miles
- Maidstone Barracks 2.7 miles
- East Farleigh 4.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bearsted, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Tovil · 3.0 miles
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Facilities at Bearsted station
Bearsted is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 19:30 · Saturday: 07:10 to 13:50 · Sunday: 07:40 to 15:10
Toilets
Parking at Bearsted station
- Station Car Park 49 spaces, 3 accessible
£6.80 off-peak, £7.50 a day, £31.70 a week
Cycle parking: 22 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Bearsted station
Bearsted station is in Maidstone, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J7 (Detling), 1.2 miles north-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bearsted 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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