Cowden train station
You can reach 11 stations directly from Cowden on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashurst, with 37 trains a day.
Address: TN8 7DS
- 11 direct destinations
- 2,058th busiest in Britain
- Unstaffed
- Step-free throughout
- 36 parking spaces
- 2 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Cowden
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashurst | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Crowborough | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Edenbridge Town | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| East Croydon | 37 | 34 | 3 |
| Eridge | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Hever | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Hurst Green | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| Oxted | 37 | 34 | 29 |
| London Bridge | 36 | 34 | 0 |
| Buxted | 30 | 27 | 29 |
| Uckfield | 30 | 27 | 29 |
Lines serving Cowden
Cowden is on the South Croydon to Uckfield Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Cowden station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Cowden 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 Cowden station is
48,136 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2,058th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Cowden and London Bridge than any other pair: 30,952 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
- Hever 1.9 miles
- Ashurst 2.6 miles
- Edenbridge Town 3.6 miles
- Penshurst 4.0 miles
- Edenbridge 4.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Cowden, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
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Facilities at Cowden station
Cowden is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Parking at Cowden station
- Station Car Park 36 spaces, 2 accessible
Cycle parking: 4 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to Cowden station
Cowden station is in Sevenoaks, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M25 J5 (Chevening), 9.2 miles north.
2 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Cowden 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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