Harpenden railway station

Harpenden is a major interchange: 106 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 259 trains a day.

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Harpenden is the nearest station for postcodes in AL5, AL3. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Harpenden

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Blackfriars	259	216	229
Luton	259	216	243
St Albans City	259	216	243
St Pancras International	259	216	243
Luton Airport Parkway	247	216	243
Farringdon	239	206	225
City Thameslink	224	138	0
London Bridge	202	186	59
Bedford	183	156	191
East Croydon	180	152	175
West Hampstead Thameslink	179	153	243
Flitwick	176	153	190
Leagrave	175	154	190
Gatwick Airport	171	152	175
Harlington	168	153	190
Three Bridges	163	147	124
Brent Cross West	110	82	78
Elstree & Borehamwood	96	74	71
Mill Hill Broadway	96	74	71
Radlett	96	74	71
Haywards Heath	87	80	121
Horley	86	74	57
Brighton	85	80	121
Purley	85	74	56
Burgess Hill	82	78	120
Hassocks	82	78	119
Preston Park	82	78	119
Wivelsfield	82	78	119
Balcombe	78	76	118
Redhill	77	68	59
South Croydon	69	63	0
Norwood Junction	64	64	2
Earlswood	62	63	29
Salfords	62	63	29
Abbey Wood	52	49	0
Chatham	52	49	0
Charlton	52	49	0
Deptford	52	49	0
Dartford	52	49	0
Gillingham	52	49	0

and 66 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Harpenden is

2,806,312 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 198th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 5,864 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Harpenden and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 1,160,952 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: 60 stations instead of 106, a drop of about 43%. Saturday runs to 79.

Nearest other stations

Luton Airport Parkway 4.4 miles
St Albans City 4.6 miles
St Albans Abbey 4.9 miles
Luton 5.4 miles
Park Street 6.2 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Harpenden East · 0.7 miles
Roundwood Halt · 0.9 miles
Redbourn · 2.1 miles
Wheathampstead · 2.5 miles
Chiltern Green · 2.6 miles
Luton Hoo · 2.6 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.