Hertford East train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from Hertford East on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Broxbourne, with 84 trains a day.
Address: Railway Street, Hertford, SG14 1SB
Hertford East is the nearest station for postcodes in SG13. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 503rd busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free throughout
- 15 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Hertford East
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broxbourne | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Rye House | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| St Margarets | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Ware | 84 | 73 | 66 |
| Tottenham Hale | 83 | 73 | 65 |
| Enfield Lock | 81 | 73 | 64 |
| Cheshunt | 79 | 73 | 54 |
| Waltham Cross | 75 | 73 | 58 |
| Hackney Downs | 74 | 73 | 0 |
| London Liverpool Street | 74 | 73 | 9 |
| Brimsdown | 73 | 73 | 61 |
| Ponders End | 73 | 73 | 61 |
| Northumberland Park | 10 | 1 | 26 |
| Lea Bridge | 9 | 0 | 64 |
| Stratford | 9 | 0 | 65 |
| Meridian Water | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Lines serving Hertford East
Hertford East is on the Hertford East Branch. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Hertford East station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Hertford East station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Hertford East station is
1,076,556 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 503rd busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Hertford East and London Liverpool Street than any other pair: 346,820 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Hertford East gains 1 destination including Seven Sisters.
Nearest other stations
- Hertford North 0.9 miles
- Ware 1.9 miles
- Bayford 3.0 miles
- St Margarets 3.2 miles
- Rye House 3.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Hertford East, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Hertford Cowbridge · 0.4 miles
- Hertingfordbury · 1.5 miles
- Stapleford · 2.7 miles
- Cole Green · 3.0 miles
- Mardock · 4.0 miles
- Hatfield Hyde Halt · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Hertford East station
Hertford East is staffed part time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:15 to 18:00 · Saturday: 07:40 to 14:30 · Sunday: closed
WiFi
Parking at Hertford East station
- Station Car Park 15 spaces, 1 accessible
£6.80 off-peak, £6.80 a day, £27.20 a week
Cycle parking: 30 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 29 July 2026.
Getting to Hertford East station
Hertford East station is in East Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Greater Anglia.
The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J6 (The Clock), 6.2 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Claud Hamilton Way.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Hertford East 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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