Higham train station
You can reach 61 stations directly from Higham on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dartford, with 85 trains a day.
- 61 direct destinations
- 1,581st busiest in Britain
- Staffed part time
- Step-free in part
- 90 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Higham
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dartford | 85 | 80 | 75 |
| Greenhithe | 85 | 80 | 75 |
| Gravesend | 85 | 80 | 75 |
| Strood | 85 | 80 | 75 |
| Rochester | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| Chatham | 82 | 80 | 5 |
| Gillingham | 82 | 80 | 5 |
| Northfleet | 82 | 80 | 75 |
| Stone Crossing | 82 | 80 | 75 |
| Swanscombe | 82 | 80 | 75 |
| London Bridge | 77 | 72 | 3 |
| London Blackfriars | 72 | 72 | 1 |
| Rainham | 72 | 72 | 3 |
| St Pancras International | 72 | 72 | 1 |
| Farringdon | 72 | 72 | 1 |
| Abbey Wood | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Charlton | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Plumstead | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Slade Green | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 71 | 72 | 3 |
| Deptford | 70 | 72 | 3 |
| Greenwich | 70 | 72 | 3 |
| Maze Hill | 70 | 72 | 3 |
| Westcombe Park | 70 | 72 | 3 |
| City Thameslink | 69 | 48 | 0 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 59 | 60 | 0 |
| Harpenden | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| Luton Airport Parkway | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| Luton | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| St Albans City | 51 | 50 | 0 |
| Brent Cross West | 49 | 50 | 0 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 49 | 50 | 0 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 49 | 50 | 0 |
| Radlett | 49 | 50 | 0 |
| Kentish Town | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| Cricklewood | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Hendon | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Albany Park | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bexley | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Charing Cross | 3 | 0 | 0 |
and 21 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Higham
Higham is on the North Kent Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Higham station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Higham station on 37 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 7 paths on the Wednesday, 1 path on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move. The busiest hour is 11:00 to 12:00 on the Monday, with 3 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.
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Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless
How busy Higham station is
138,280 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 1,581st busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 7 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Higham and Strood (Kent) than any other pair: 19,026 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: 37 stations instead of 61, a drop of about 39%. Saturday runs to 39.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Higham gains 1 destination including St Johns.
Nearest other stations
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Higham, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Uralite Halt · 1.0 miles
- Hoo Junction · 1.1 miles
- Cliffe · 1.9 miles
- Milton Range Halt · 2.1 miles
- Rochester Bridge · 2.7 miles
- Denton Halt · 3.0 miles
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Facilities at Higham station
Higham is staffed part time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 12:50 · Saturday: closed · Sunday: closed
Toilets
Parking at Higham station
- Station Car Park 90 spaces, 5 accessible
£0.00 an hour, £7.10 off-peak, £7.80 a day, £33.20 a week
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Higham station
Higham station is in Gravesham, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M2 J1 (Three Crutches), 2.1 miles south-west.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Higham 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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