Gravesend train station
You can reach 83 stations directly from Gravesend on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dartford, with 231 trains a day.
Gravesend is the nearest station for postcodes in DA11, DA12. Check your own postcode.
- 83 direct destinations
- 189th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 94 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Gravesend
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartford | 231 | 227 | 205 |
| Greenhithe | 231 | 227 | 205 |
| Stone Crossing | 162 | 158 | 205 |
| Northfleet | 161 | 158 | 205 |
| Swanscombe | 161 | 158 | 205 |
| Strood | 158 | 130 | 109 |
| London Bridge | 157 | 74 | 128 |
| Rochester | 151 | 130 | 39 |
| Chatham | 150 | 130 | 8 |
| Gillingham | 150 | 130 | 8 |
| Rainham | 140 | 122 | 6 |
| Higham | 85 | 80 | 75 |
| Bexley | 81 | 78 | 65 |
| Crayford | 81 | 78 | 65 |
| New Eltham | 81 | 2 | 65 |
| Sidcup | 81 | 78 | 65 |
| Lewisham | 80 | 70 | 75 |
| Charing Cross | 79 | 2 | 65 |
| Waterloo East | 79 | 2 | 65 |
| Hither Green | 78 | 2 | 65 |
| Lee | 78 | 2 | 65 |
| Mottingham | 78 | 2 | 65 |
| Albany Park | 76 | 78 | 65 |
| Abbey Wood | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| London Blackfriars | 72 | 72 | 56 |
| Charlton | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Ebbsfleet International | 72 | 50 | 34 |
| Plumstead | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Stratford International | 72 | 50 | 33 |
| Slade Green | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| St Pancras International | 72 | 72 | 56 |
| London St. Pancras International | 72 | 50 | 33 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 72 | 72 | 63 |
| Farringdon | 72 | 72 | 56 |
| Blackheath | 70 | 69 | 67 |
| Deptford | 70 | 72 | 63 |
| Greenwich | 70 | 72 | 63 |
| Maze Hill | 70 | 72 | 63 |
| Westcombe Park | 70 | 72 | 63 |
| City Thameslink | 69 | 48 | 0 |
and 43 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Gravesend
Gravesend is on the North Kent Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Gravesend station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Gravesend station on 468 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 89 paths on the Wednesday, 24 paths on the Saturday and 4 paths on the Sunday. 32 of them run whatever the traffic; the rest are held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 20:00 to 21:00 on the Monday, with 9 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 12 October 2026: the darker the hour, the more paths, and a dot marks an hour with at least one path that runs regardless. Engineering trains, empty stock and light engines are not counted. Across Britain only about a fifth of booked freight paths run on a given day, so a booked path is a possibility rather than a promise; the freight statistics page explains how that is measured.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Gravesend station is
2,886,256 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 189th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 277,082 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Gravesend and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 553,714 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: 64 stations instead of 83, a drop of about 23%. Saturday runs to 72.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Gravesend gains 1 destination including St Johns.
Nearest other stations
- Tilbury Town 1.6 miles
- Northfleet 1.9 miles
- Ebbsfleet International 2.0 miles
- Swanscombe 2.4 miles
- Grays 3.1 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Gravesend, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Gravesend West · 0.2 miles
- Rosherville Halt · 0.5 miles
- Tilbury Riverside · 0.7 miles
- Milton Road Halt · 0.7 miles
- Tilbury Marine · 0.8 miles
- Denton Halt · 1.4 miles
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Facilities at Gravesend station
Gravesend is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:45 to 20:00 · Saturday: 05:45 to 20:00 · Sunday: 06:45 to 20:00
Toilets
Parking at Gravesend station
- Station Car Park 94 spaces, 5 accessible
£7.60 off-peak, £8.40 a day, £36.90 a week
Cycle parking: 280 spaces (sheltered, lockers).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Gravesend station
Gravesend station is in Gravesham, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J1 (Three Crutches), 4.1 miles south-east.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Gravesend Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Gravesend 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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