Deal train station
You can reach 35 stations directly from Deal on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dover Priory, with 47 trains a day.
Deal is the nearest station for postcodes in CT14. Check your own postcode.
- 35 direct destinations
- 838th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 53 parking spaces
- 9 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Deal
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover Priory | 47 | 38 | 32 |
| Martin Mill | 47 | 38 | 32 |
| Sandwich | 47 | 38 | 32 |
| Walmer | 47 | 38 | 32 |
| Ashford International | 46 | 38 | 32 |
| Folkestone Central | 46 | 38 | 32 |
| Folkestone West | 46 | 38 | 32 |
| Ramsgate | 45 | 38 | 32 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 25 | 31 | 29 |
| Stratford International | 25 | 31 | 29 |
| London St. Pancras International | 25 | 31 | 29 |
| Sandling | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Westenhanger | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| Thanet Parkway | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Headcorn | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Marden | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Paddock Wood | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Pluckley | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Staplehurst | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Tonbridge | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Sevenoaks | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Charing Cross | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Waterloo East | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Broadstairs | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Herne Bay | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Margate | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Whitstable | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Minster | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Deal
Deal is on the Kent Coast Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Deal station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Deal station in the week beginning 21 September 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 Deal station is
529,856 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 838th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Deal and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 180,416 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: 11 stations instead of 35, a drop of about 69%. Saturday runs to 24.
Nearest other stations
- Walmer 1.5 miles
- Sandwich 4.1 miles
- Martin Mill 4.2 miles
- Kearsney 7.5 miles
- Thanet Parkway 7.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Deal, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Poison Cross · 4.5 miles
- Roman Road · 4.6 miles
- Eastry · 4.6 miles
- Eastry South · 4.7 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Deal station
Deal is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 12:50 · Saturday: 06:10 to 12:50 · Sunday: 07:30 to 16:00
Toilets
Parking at Deal station
- Station Car Park 53 spaces, 3 accessible
£5.50 off-peak, £6.10 a day, £24.90 a week
Cycle parking: 28 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Deal station
Deal station is in Dover, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J13 (Castle Hill), 13.5 miles south-west.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Deal 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