Herne Hill train station

You can reach 50 stations directly from Herne Hill on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Blackfriars, with 156 trains a day.

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Herne Hill is the nearest station for postcodes in SE24, SW2. Check your own postcode.

50 direct destinations
236th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free throughout
14 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Herne Hill

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Blackfriars	156	146	172
Elephant & Castle	153	146	172
Kentish Town	141	146	100
Loughborough Junction	153	146	104
St Pancras International	146	146	100
Streatham	146	146	104
Sutton	146	146	104
Tulse Hill	146	146	104
Farringdon	146	146	100
West Hampstead Thameslink	145	145	100
Brent Cross West	143	141	97
Cricklewood	138	141	97
Elstree & Borehamwood	142	141	97
Hendon	138	141	97
Mill Hill Broadway	142	141	97
Radlett	142	141	97
St Albans City	143	141	97
City Thameslink	138	96	0
Beckenham Junction	159	78	69
Bickley	149	78	69
Bromley South	149	78	69
Brixton	149	78	1
Kent House	156	78	69
Penge East	156	78	69
Shortlands	149	78	69
Sydenham Hill	156	78	69
London Victoria	149	78	1
West Dulwich	156	78	69
Orpington	149	77	69
Petts Wood	149	77	69
Haydons Road	74	74	52
Morden South	74	74	52
St. Helier	74	74	52
South Merton	74	74	52
Sutton Common	74	74	52
Tooting	74	74	52
Wimbledon Chase	74	74	52
Wimbledon	74	74	52
West Sutton	74	74	52
Carshalton	72	72	52

and 12 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Herne Hill

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

How busy Herne Hill station is

2,434,224 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 236th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 1,029,213 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Herne Hill and London Victoria than any other pair: 584,760 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.

Nearest other stations

North Dulwich 0.6 miles
Brixton 0.8 miles
Loughborough Junction 0.9 miles
Tulse Hill 0.9 miles
West Dulwich 1.0 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

East Brixton · 0.7 miles
Camberwell · 1.4 miles
Lordship Lane · 1.8 miles
Honor Oak · 1.9 miles
Upper Sydenham · 2.0 miles
Walworth Road · 2.1 miles

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Facilities at Herne Hill station

Herne Hill is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 19:50 · Saturday: 06:10 to 19:50 · Sunday: 08:10 to 17:50

Toilets

Cycle parking: 6 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 September 2026.

Getting to Herne Hill station

Herne Hill station is in Lambeth, London, and is run by Southeastern.

The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 8.0 miles west.

14 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Herne Hill Station.

Herne Hill is inside the London Travelcard area.

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

Herne 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