Chatham railway station

Chatham is a major interchange: 106 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Gillingham, with 285 trains a day.

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Chatham is the nearest station for postcodes in ME4, ME1, ME5. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Chatham

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Gillingham	285	250	245
Rochester	285	250	245
Rainham	229	203	230
Strood	156	138	169
Gravesend	154	137	169
Faversham	150	128	111
Sittingbourne	150	128	111
Bromley South	117	111	76
London Victoria	116	111	76
London Bridge	92	79	64
Dartford	86	87	133
Greenhithe	86	87	133
Higham	85	83	131
Northfleet	84	83	131
Stone Crossing	84	83	131
Swanscombe	84	83	131
London Blackfriars	79	75	56
Abbey Wood	78	79	129
Charlton	78	79	64
Plumstead	78	79	129
Slade Green	78	79	129
St Pancras International	78	75	56
Woolwich Arsenal	78	79	64
Farringdon	78	75	56
Deptford	77	79	64
Greenwich	77	79	64
Maze Hill	77	79	64
Westcombe Park	77	79	64
City Thameslink	76	49	0
Longfield	76	76	35
Meopham	75	76	35
Ebbsfleet International	68	50	36
Herne Bay	68	81	67
Margate	68	81	67
Stratford International	68	50	36
London St. Pancras International	68	50	36
Whitstable	68	81	67
Birchington-on-Sea	67	71	59
Broadstairs	67	81	67
West Hampstead Thameslink	66	60	7

and 66 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Chatham is

2,397,976 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 240th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 240 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Chatham and London Victoria than any other pair: 623,190 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: 70 stations instead of 106, a drop of about 34%. Saturday runs to 90.

Nearest other stations

Rochester 0.9 miles
Gillingham 1.4 miles
Strood 1.4 miles
Cuxton 2.6 miles
Halling 3.8 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Chatham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Chatham Central · 0.5 miles
Rochester · 0.6 miles
Rochester Bridge · 1.4 miles
Cliffe · 4.6 miles
Sharnal Street · 4.7 miles
High Halstow Halt · 4.8 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.