Clapton train station
You can reach 8 stations directly from Clapton on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Chingford, with 150 trains a day.
Clapton is the nearest station for postcodes in E5. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Clapton
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chingford | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Hackney Downs | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Highams Park | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| London Liverpool Street | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| St James Street | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Walthamstow Central | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Wood Street | 150 | 150 | 137 |
| Bethnal Green | 148 | 150 | 28 |
Lines serving Clapton
Clapton is on the Bethnal Green and King's Lynn Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Clapton station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Clapton 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 Clapton station is
2,130,232 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 276th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Clapton and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 948,112 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
- Rectory Road 0.5 miles
- Stoke Newington 0.7 miles
- Hackney Downs 0.9 miles
- Lea Bridge 0.9 miles
- Hackney Central 1.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Clapton, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 1.4 miles
- St Ann's Road · 1.6 miles
- Victoria Park · 1.7 miles
- Old Ford · 2.2 miles
- West Green · 2.2 miles
- Coborn Road · 2.5 miles
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Facilities at Clapton station
Clapton is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:30 to 10:00
WiFi
Cycle parking: 6 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 12 May 2026.
Getting to Clapton station
Clapton station is in Hackney, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 5.0 miles north-east.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Clapton Station.
Clapton is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Clapton 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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