Forest Hill train station
You can reach 37 stations directly from Forest Hill on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Brockley, with 378 trains a day.
Forest Hill is the nearest station for postcodes in SE23. Check your own postcode.
- 37 direct destinations
- 130th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 30 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Forest Hill
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brockley | 378 | 370 | 305 |
| Honor Oak Park | 378 | 370 | 305 |
| New Cross Gate | 378 | 370 | 305 |
| Sydenham | 378 | 370 | 305 |
| Dalston Junction | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Haggerston | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Hoxton | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Rotherhithe | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Shoreditch High Street | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Shadwell | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Surrey Quays | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Wapping | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Canada Water | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Whitechapel | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Crystal Palace | 221 | 223 | 190 |
| Anerley | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Norwood Junction | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| Penge West | 157 | 147 | 115 |
| West Croydon | 150 | 146 | 114 |
| London Bridge | 83 | 75 | 67 |
| Gipsy Hill | 73 | 74 | 65 |
| Streatham Hill | 73 | 74 | 65 |
| West Norwood | 73 | 74 | 65 |
| Battersea Park | 67 | 70 | 65 |
| Balham | 67 | 71 | 65 |
| Clapham Junction | 67 | 71 | 65 |
| London Victoria | 67 | 71 | 65 |
| Wandsworth Common | 67 | 71 | 65 |
| East Croydon | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Sutton | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Purley Oaks | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Purley | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| South Croydon | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Caterham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Kenley | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whyteleafe South | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Whyteleafe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Forest Hill
Forest Hill is on the Brighton Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Forest Hill station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Forest Hill 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 Forest Hill station is
4,229,240 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 130th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Forest Hill and Canada Water than any other pair: 1,263,494 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: 29 stations instead of 37, a drop of about 22%. Saturday runs to 29.
Nearest other stations
- Sydenham 0.8 miles
- Honor Oak Park 0.8 miles
- Catford 1.2 miles
- Sydenham Hill 1.3 miles
- Catford Bridge 1.3 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Forest Hill, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Lordship Lane · 0.5 miles
- Honor Oak · 0.8 miles
- Upper Sydenham · 0.9 miles
- Crystal Palace (High Level) · 1.6 miles
- Elverson Road · 2.6 miles
- Old Kent Road · 2.7 miles
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Facilities at Forest Hill station
Forest Hill is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 20:50 · Saturday: 06:40 to 21:15 · Sunday: 07:10 to 21:45
Parking at Forest Hill station
- Station Car Park 30 spaces, 2 accessible
£5.00 a day, £20.50 a week
Cycle parking: 13 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 June 2026.
Getting to Forest Hill station
Forest Hill station is in Lewisham, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 10.3 miles west.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Forest Hill Stn /Devonshire Rd.
Forest Hill is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Forest Hill 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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