Elephant & Castle train station
Elephant & Castle is a major interchange: 101 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Harlesden, with 308 trains a day.
See Elephant & Castle on the map
Elephant & Castle is the nearest station for postcodes in SE17, SE1, SE1P. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Elephant & Castle
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harlesden | 308 | 280 | 256 |
| Kensal Green | 308 | 280 | 256 |
| Queen's Park | 308 | 280 | 256 |
| Stonebridge Park | 308 | 280 | 256 |
| Willesden Junction | 308 | 280 | 256 |
| London Blackfriars | 263 | 221 | 160 |
| St Pancras International | 196 | 146 | 99 |
| Farringdon | 196 | 146 | 99 |
| City Thameslink | 188 | 96 | 0 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 164 | 146 | 99 |
| Kentish Town | 160 | 145 | 99 |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | 157 | 144 | 126 |
| Kenton | 157 | 144 | 126 |
| North Wembley | 157 | 144 | 126 |
| South Kenton | 157 | 144 | 126 |
| Wembley Central | 157 | 144 | 126 |
| Brent Cross West | 156 | 143 | 97 |
| St Albans City | 156 | 143 | 97 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 155 | 142 | 97 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 155 | 142 | 97 |
| Radlett | 155 | 142 | 97 |
| Herne Hill | 153 | 146 | 102 |
| Loughborough Junction | 153 | 146 | 102 |
| Streatham | 146 | 146 | 102 |
| Tulse Hill | 146 | 146 | 102 |
| Sutton | 145 | 146 | 102 |
| Cricklewood | 142 | 142 | 97 |
| Hendon | 142 | 142 | 97 |
| Bromley South | 107 | 75 | 58 |
| Denmark Hill | 104 | 75 | 58 |
| Nunhead | 104 | 75 | 58 |
| Peckham Rye | 104 | 75 | 58 |
| Beckenham Hill | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Bellingham | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Bickley | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Crofton Park | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Catford | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Ravensbourne | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Shortlands | 103 | 75 | 58 |
| Swanley | 79 | 75 | 58 |
and 61 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Elephant & Castle
Elephant & Castle is on the Thameslink. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Elephant & Castle station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Elephant & Castle 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 Elephant & Castle station is
2,169,236 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 271st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 441,903 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Elephant & Castle and Streatham (Greater London) than any other pair: 122,952 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.
Sundays
Sunday is a different railway here: 65 stations instead of 101, a drop of about 36%. Saturday runs to 66.
Nearest other stations
- Waterloo East 0.8 miles
- London Waterloo 0.9 miles
- London Bridge 0.9 miles
- London Blackfriars 1.2 miles
- Vauxhall 1.2 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Elephant & Castle, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Borough Road · 0.3 miles
- Walworth Road · 0.7 miles
- Bricklayers Arms · 0.7 miles
- Blackfriars (SER) · 0.7 miles
- Spa Road · 1.4 miles
- Bank and Monument stations · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at Elephant & Castle station
Elephant & Castle is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:00 to 20:15 · Saturday: 06:45 to 20:15 · Sunday: 09:15 to 18:45
Toilets
From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 July 2026.
Getting to Elephant & Castle station
Elephant & Castle station is in Southwark, London, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 7.7 miles west.
14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Elephant & Castle Station / Walworth Road.
Elephant & Castle is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Elephant & Castle 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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