East Grinstead train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from East Grinstead on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is East Croydon, with 87 trains a day.
Address: Railway Approach, East Grinstead, RH19 1EB
East Grinstead is the nearest station for postcodes in RH19, RH18. Check your own postcode.
- 27 direct destinations
- 494th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 375 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from East Grinstead
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Croydon | 87 | 70 | 52 |
| Hurst Green | 87 | 70 | 52 |
| Oxted | 87 | 70 | 52 |
| Dormans | 86 | 70 | 52 |
| Lingfield | 86 | 70 | 52 |
| Sanderstead | 85 | 69 | 52 |
| Riddlesdown | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Upper Warlingham | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Woldingham | 80 | 69 | 52 |
| Clapham Junction | 73 | 70 | 52 |
| London Victoria | 73 | 70 | 52 |
| London Bridge | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| South Croydon | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| London Blackfriars | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| St Pancras International | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Farringdon | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Bedford | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Leagrave | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Flitwick | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlington | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Norwood Junction | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving East Grinstead
East Grinstead is on the East Grinstead Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through East Grinstead station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside East Grinstead 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 East Grinstead station is
1,100,494 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 494th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between East Grinstead and London Victoria than any other pair: 485,262 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: 12 stations instead of 27, a drop of about 56%. Saturday runs to 12.
Nearest other stations
- Dormans 2.1 miles
- Lingfield 3.5 miles
- Cowden 5.9 miles
- Hever 6.2 miles
- Three Bridges 6.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of East Grinstead, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Grange Road · 2.6 miles
- Forest Row · 3.1 miles
- West Hoathly · 3.5 miles
- Rowfant · 4.1 miles
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Facilities at East Grinstead station
East Grinstead is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:55 to 20:15 · Saturday: 06:20 to 20:25 · Sunday: 07:45 to 16:00
Toilets
Parking at East Grinstead station
- Station Car Park 375 spaces, 6 accessible
Cycle parking: 96 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 24 August 2026.
Getting to East Grinstead station
East Grinstead station is in Mid Sussex, South East, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Southern).
The nearest motorway junction is M23 J10 (Crawley), 5.3 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being East Grinstead Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
East Grinstead 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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