Essex Road railway station
You can reach 31 stations directly from Essex Road on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Drayton Park, with 220 trains a day.
Essex Road is the nearest station for postcodes in N1, N1P. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Essex Road
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Drayton Park | 220 | 150 | 142 |
| Finsbury Park | 220 | 150 | 142 |
| Highbury & Islington | 220 | 150 | 142 |
| Moorgate | 220 | 150 | 142 |
| Old Street | 220 | 150 | 142 |
| Alexandra Palace | 215 | 150 | 142 |
| Harringay | 182 | 150 | 142 |
| Hornsey | 182 | 150 | 142 |
| Enfield Chase | 111 | 76 | 71 |
| Gordon Hill | 111 | 76 | 71 |
| Palmers Green | 111 | 76 | 71 |
| Winchmore Hill | 111 | 76 | 71 |
| Bowes Park | 110 | 76 | 71 |
| Grange Park | 110 | 76 | 71 |
| Cuffley | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Hertford North | 108 | 76 | 71 |
| Bayford | 104 | 76 | 71 |
| Crews Hill | 104 | 76 | 71 |
| Brookmans Park | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| Hatfield | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| Hadley Wood | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| New Barnet | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| Potters Bar | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| Welham Green | 101 | 74 | 71 |
| New Southgate | 96 | 74 | 71 |
| Oakleigh Park | 96 | 74 | 71 |
| Stevenage | 78 | 74 | 68 |
| Watton-at-Stone | 78 | 74 | 68 |
| Hitchin | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 3 | 3 | 2 |
How busy Essex Road is
697,932 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 715th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Essex Road and Moorgate than any other pair: 124,590 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
- Highbury & Islington 0.5 miles
- Canonbury 0.6 miles
- Caledonian Road & Barnsbury 0.8 miles
- Haggerston 0.9 miles
- Drayton Park 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Essex Road, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Mildmay Park closed 1934 · 0.8 miles
- Holloway car dock · 1.1 miles
- Holloway and Caledonian Road · 1.1 miles
- Shoreditch · 1.2 miles
- King's Cross Thameslink · 1.2 miles
- Maiden Lane railway stations · 1.3 miles
Show closed stations on the map
More about this station on Wikipedia.