Bethnal Green train station
You can reach 24 stations directly from Bethnal Green on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Hackney Downs, with 321 trains a day.
Direct trains from Bethnal Green
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney Downs | 321 | 376 | 160 |
| London Liverpool Street | 321 | 376 | 160 |
| Bruce Grove | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Cambridge Heath | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Edmonton Green | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| London Fields | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Rectory Road | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Stoke Newington | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Silver Street | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Stamford Hill | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Seven Sisters | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| White Hart Lane | 173 | 226 | 132 |
| Chingford | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| Clapton | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| Highams Park | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| St James Street | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| Walthamstow Central | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| Wood Street | 148 | 150 | 28 |
| Bush Hill Park | 98 | 150 | 67 |
| Enfield Town | 98 | 150 | 67 |
| Cheshunt | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Southbury | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Theobalds Grove | 75 | 76 | 65 |
| Turkey Street | 75 | 76 | 65 |
Lines serving Bethnal Green
Bethnal Green is on the Great Eastern Main Line and the West Anglia Main Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Bethnal Green station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Bethnal Green 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 Bethnal Green station is
1,564,066 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 350th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Bethnal Green and Walthamstow Central than any other pair: 209,468 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.
Nearest other stations
- Whitechapel 0.3 miles
- Cambridge Heath 0.6 miles
- Shoreditch High Street 0.6 miles
- Hoxton 0.9 miles
- Shadwell 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bethnal Green, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Mile End · 0.2 miles
- Globe Road and Devonshire Street · 0.5 miles
- Shoreditch · 0.5 miles
- Devonshire Street · 0.6 miles
- Shoreditch · 0.9 miles
- Cannon Street Road closed 1848 · 0.9 miles
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Facilities at Bethnal Green station
Bethnal Green is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
WiFi
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to Bethnal Green station
Bethnal Green station is in Tower Hamlets, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 6.7 miles north-east.
Bethnal Green is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bethnal Green 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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