Catford train station
You can reach 45 stations directly from Catford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Beckenham Hill, with 103 trains a day.
- 45 direct destinations
- 665th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 9 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Catford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beckenham Hill | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| London Blackfriars | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Bellingham | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Bickley | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Bromley South | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Crofton Park | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Denmark Hill | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Elephant & Castle | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Nunhead | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Peckham Rye | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Ravensbourne | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Shortlands | 103 | 75 | 67 |
| Bat & Ball | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Eynsford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Otford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Swanley | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Shoreham | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Sevenoaks | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| St Mary Cray | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| City Thameslink | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| St Pancras International | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Farringdon | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| Orpington | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Petts Wood | 28 | 0 | 2 |
| Finsbury Park | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatfield | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| New Barnet | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| New Southgate | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakleigh Park | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Potters Bar | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| Kentish Town | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Brent Cross West | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Radlett | 11 | 0 | 0 |
and 5 more stations, each served less often.
Freight through Catford station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Catford station on 556 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 85 paths on the Wednesday, 94 paths on the Saturday and 43 paths on the Sunday. 5 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 04:00 to 05:00 on the Saturday, with 11 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 Catford station is
777,398 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 665th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 187,837 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Catford and Denmark Hill than any other pair: 94,104 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: 22 stations instead of 45, a drop of about 51%. Saturday runs to 19.
Nearest other stations
- Catford Bridge 0.1 miles
- Ladywell 0.9 miles
- Bellingham 0.9 miles
- Crofton Park 0.9 miles
- Honor Oak Park 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Catford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Honor Oak · 1.4 miles
- Elverson Road · 1.7 miles
- Lordship Lane · 1.7 miles
- Blackheath Hill closed 1917 · 2.0 miles
- Deptford Bridge · 2.1 miles
- Upper Sydenham · 2.1 miles
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Facilities at Catford station
Catford is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:40 to 20:25 · Saturday: 07:40 to 14:20 · Sunday: 08:10 to 15:40
Cycle parking: 10 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 9 September 2026.
Getting to Catford station
Catford station is in Lewisham, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J1 (Swanley), 9.9 miles east.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Sussex Mews.
Catford is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Catford 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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