Headcorn train station
You can reach 41 stations directly from Headcorn on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Ashford International, with 82 trains a day.
- 41 direct destinations
- 807th busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 456 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Headcorn
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashford International | 82 | 72 | 60 |
| Tonbridge | 82 | 72 | 60 |
| Paddock Wood | 81 | 72 | 60 |
| Staplehurst | 81 | 72 | 60 |
| Marden | 79 | 72 | 60 |
| London Bridge | 78 | 68 | 58 |
| Sevenoaks | 78 | 68 | 58 |
| Charing Cross | 69 | 68 | 58 |
| Waterloo East | 69 | 68 | 58 |
| Pluckley | 66 | 37 | 35 |
| Ramsgate | 45 | 36 | 30 |
| Thanet Parkway | 44 | 35 | 30 |
| Canterbury West | 38 | 36 | 30 |
| Chilham | 38 | 36 | 30 |
| Chartham | 38 | 36 | 30 |
| Wye | 38 | 36 | 30 |
| Dover Priory | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Folkestone Central | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Folkestone West | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Sandling | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Westenhanger | 37 | 36 | 27 |
| Minster | 36 | 35 | 30 |
| Sturry | 35 | 35 | 30 |
| Deal | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Martin Mill | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Sandwich | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Walmer | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| London Cannon Street | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Hildenborough | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| Orpington | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Birchington-on-Sea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bromley South | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Broadstairs | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chestfield & Swalecliffe | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dumpton Park | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Faversham | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Herne Bay | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Margate | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| London Victoria | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Westgate-on-Sea | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 1 more station, each served less often.
Lines serving Headcorn
Headcorn is on the South Eastern Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Headcorn station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Headcorn station on 239 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 32 paths on the Wednesday, 57 paths on the Saturday and 35 paths on the Sunday. 5 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 03:00 to 04:00 on the Tuesday, with 6 paths booked.
The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 21 September 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 Headcorn station is
578,394 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 807th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Headcorn and London Bridge than any other pair: 205,986 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: 25 stations instead of 41, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 27.
Changing from 24 March 2027
From 24 March 2027, Headcorn loses 2 destinations including London Victoria, Bromley South.
Nearest other stations
- Staplehurst 3.4 miles
- Pluckley 5.2 miles
- Harrietsham 5.8 miles
- Marden 5.9 miles
- Lenham 5.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Headcorn, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Frittenden Road · 2.0 miles
- Biddenden · 3.1 miles
Show closed stations on the map
Facilities at Headcorn station
Headcorn is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 19:20 · Saturday: 07:10 to 13:50 · Sunday: 08:10 to 16:30
Toilets
Parking at Headcorn station
- Station Car Park 456 spaces, 12 accessible
£7.50 off-peak, £8.30 a day, £34.60 a week
Cycle parking: 28 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 20 August 2026.
Getting to Headcorn station
Headcorn station is in Maidstone, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M20 J8 (Hollingbourne), 6.6 miles north.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station Forecourt.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Headcorn 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