Harlington train station

You can reach 93 stations directly from Harlington on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Bedford, with 166 trains a day.

See Harlington on the map

• 93 direct destinations
• 1,146th busiest in Britain
• Staffed part time
• 122 parking spaces
• 5 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Harlington

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

and 53 more stations, each served less often.

See these routes on the map

Lines serving Harlington

Harlington is on the Midland Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Harlington station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Harlington station on 493 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 97 paths on the Wednesday, 38 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 30 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 01:00 to 02:00 on the Tuesday, with 15 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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Harlington station is

307,596 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,146th busiest station in Great Britain.

More journeys run between Harlington and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 81,238 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: 60 stations instead of 93, a drop of about 35%. Saturday runs to 58.

Nearest other stations

• Flitwick 2.9 miles
• Leagrave 4.2 miles
• Lidlington 6.2 miles
• Ridgmont 6.2 miles
• Luton 6.5 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

• Ampthill · 4.3 miles

Show closed stations on the map

Facilities at Harlington station

Harlington is staffed part time, with step-free access to no part of the station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:45 to 13:20 · Saturday: 08:15 to 14:15 · Sunday: closed

Toilets

Parking at Harlington station

• Station Car Park 122 spaces, 2 accessible

Cycle parking: 44 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.

Getting to Harlington station

Harlington station is in Central Bedfordshire, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).

The nearest motorway junction is M1 J12 (Toddington), 0.9 miles west.

5 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Harlington 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

From the Train Map UK shop See everything

London Underground print £27.50Limited first edition £44.68Train Map UK mug £14.72