Bishop's Stortford train station
You can reach 29 stations directly from Bishop's Stortford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Tottenham Hale, with 237 trains a day.
See Bishop's Stortford on the map
Bishop's Stortford is the nearest station for postcodes in CM23, SG10, SG11. Check your own postcode.
- 29 direct destinations
- 181st busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 732 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Bishop's Stortford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tottenham Hale | 237 | 219 | 154 |
| London Liverpool Street | 180 | 155 | 157 |
| Harlow Town | 177 | 150 | 92 |
| Broxbourne | 149 | 146 | 69 |
| Cheshunt | 147 | 146 | 74 |
| Sawbridgeworth | 125 | 113 | 64 |
| Harlow Mill | 93 | 78 | 38 |
| Audley End | 90 | 76 | 63 |
| Cambridge | 90 | 76 | 63 |
| Cambridge South | 90 | 76 | 63 |
| Stansted Airport | 90 | 77 | 91 |
| Whittlesford Parkway | 90 | 76 | 61 |
| Roydon | 83 | 76 | 37 |
| Stansted Mountfitchet | 79 | 60 | 55 |
| Cambridge North | 64 | 68 | 57 |
| Lea Bridge | 59 | 71 | 2 |
| Stratford | 59 | 71 | 8 |
| Elsenham | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Great Chesterford | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Newport | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Shelford | 57 | 41 | 33 |
| Waltham Cross | 39 | 36 | 9 |
| Enfield Lock | 35 | 36 | 2 |
| Northumberland Park | 32 | 36 | 45 |
| Brimsdown | 17 | 1 | 2 |
| Meridian Water | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Ely | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Waterbeach | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Ponders End | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Freight through Bishop's Stortford station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Bishop's Stortford station on 26 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 5 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. 2 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
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 Bishop's Stortford station is
3,003,190 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 181st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 123,676 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Bishop's Stortford and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 1,221,872 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 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Bishop's Stortford gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
Nearest other stations
- Stansted Mountfitchet 2.8 miles
- Sawbridgeworth 3.6 miles
- Stansted Airport 4.4 miles
- Elsenham 4.6 miles
- Harlow Mill 5.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Bishop's Stortford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hockerill Halt · 0.6 miles
- Spelbrook · 2.1 miles
- Stane Street Halt · 3.5 miles
- Gates 1-19 · 4.1 miles
- Gates 20-39 · 4.3 miles
- Takeley · 4.3 miles
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Facilities at Bishop's Stortford station
Bishop's Stortford is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 21:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 21:00 · Sunday: 07:00 to 21:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Bishop's Stortford station
- Station Car Park 672 spaces, 39 accessible
£7.90 off-peak, £11.00 a day, £44.00 a week - Premium Bay 60 spaces
Cycle parking: 236 spaces (sheltered, compounds).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 7 September 2026.
Getting to Bishop's Stortford station
Bishop's Stortford station is in East Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J8 (Birchanger Green), 1.2 miles east.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being The Three Tuns PH.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Bishop's Stortford 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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