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Elephant & Castle railway station

Elephant & Castle is a major interchange: 104 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 267 trains a day.

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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.

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
London Blackfriars267222220
St Pancras International198147100
Farringdon197147100
City Thameslink189960
West Hampstead Thameslink166147100
Kentish Town161145100
Brent Cross West15714397
St Albans City15714397
Elstree & Borehamwood15614297
Mill Hill Broadway15614297
Radlett15614297
Herne Hill154147102
Loughborough Junction153147102
Streatham146147102
Sutton146147102
Tulse Hill146147102
Cricklewood14314297
Hendon14314297
Bromley South1107558
Denmark Hill1077558
Nunhead1077558
Peckham Rye1077558
Beckenham Hill1067558
Bellingham1067558
Bickley1067558
Crofton Park1067558
Catford1067558
Ravensbourne1067558
Shortlands1067558
Swanley817558
St Mary Cray807558
Otford797558
Bat & Ball777558
Eynsford777558
Shoreham777558
Sevenoaks777558
Haydons Road747452
Morden South747452
St. Helier747452
South Merton747452

and 64 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Elephant & Castle 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 104, a drop of about 38%. Saturday runs to 56.

Changing from 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, Elephant & Castle loses 13 including Gatwick Airport, Hassocks, Brighton, Preston Park, East Croydon, Horley.

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Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of Elephant & Castle, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

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More about this station on Wikipedia.