Birkbeck train station
You can reach 11 stations directly from Birkbeck on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Beckenham Junction, with 64 trains a day.
Direct trains from Birkbeck
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckenham Junction | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| Crystal Palace | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| East Dulwich | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| Gipsy Hill | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| North Dulwich | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| Peckham Rye | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| Queens Road Peckham | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| South Bermondsey | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| Tulse Hill | 64 | 60 | 0 |
| West Norwood | 64 | 60 | 0 |
Lines serving Birkbeck
Birkbeck is on the Balham to Beckenham Junction Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Birkbeck station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Birkbeck station on 20 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 4 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 10:00 to 11:00 on the Monday, with 4 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 Birkbeck station is
105,178 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,741st busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Birkbeck and London Bridge than any other pair: 25,612 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
There is no Sunday service from Birkbeck. About one station in seventeen has none, so this is not unusual, but it is worth knowing before travelling.
Nearest other stations
- Elmers End 0.5 miles
- Anerley 0.7 miles
- Clock House 0.8 miles
- Kent House 0.8 miles
- Norwood Junction 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Birkbeck, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Woodside · 1.2 miles
- Crystal Palace (High Level) · 1.6 miles
- Bingham Road · 1.8 miles
- Addiscombe · 2.0 miles
- Upper Sydenham · 2.0 miles
- Lordship Lane · 2.6 miles
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Facilities at Birkbeck station
Birkbeck is unstaffed, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Birkbeck station
Birkbeck station is in Bromley, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J7 (Hooley), 9.3 miles south-west.
5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Birkbeck Station.
Birkbeck is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Birkbeck 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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