Kensington (Olympia) train station
You can reach 32 stations directly from Kensington (Olympia) on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Clapham Junction, with 219 trains a day.
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Address: Olympia Way, London, W14 0NE
Kensington (Olympia) is the nearest station for postcodes in W14, W8, W6. Check your own postcode.
- 32 direct destinations
- 194th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 60 parking spaces
- 7 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Kensington (Olympia)
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clapham Junction | 219 | 184 | 156 |
| Imperial Wharf | 219 | 184 | 156 |
| Shepherd's Bush | 219 | 184 | 156 |
| West Brompton | 219 | 184 | 156 |
| Willesden Junction | 165 | 146 | 121 |
| Brondesbury Park | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Brondesbury | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Caledonian Road & Barnsbury | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Camden Road | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Canonbury | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Dalston Kingsland | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Finchley Road & Frognal | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Gospel Oak | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Hampstead Heath | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Highbury & Islington | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Hackney Central | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Hackney Wick | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Homerton | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Kensal Rise | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Kentish Town West | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| Stratford | 154 | 135 | 96 |
| West Hampstead | 154 | 135 | 97 |
| Harrow & Wealdstone | 37 | 38 | 16 |
| Watford Junction | 37 | 38 | 16 |
| Balham | 34 | 35 | 0 |
| Norbury | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Streatham Common | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Selhurst | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| Thornton Heath | 34 | 34 | 0 |
| East Croydon | 33 | 34 | 0 |
| Wembley Central | 32 | 36 | 16 |
| Wandsworth Common | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving Kensington (Olympia)
Kensington (Olympia) is on the West London Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Kensington (Olympia) station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Kensington (Olympia) station on 1,325 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 221 paths on the Wednesday, 142 paths on the Saturday and 76 paths on the Sunday. 62 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 04:00 to 05:00 on the Tuesday, with 24 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 Kensington (Olympia) station is
2,831,588 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 194th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 14,596 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Kensington (Olympia) and West Brompton than any other pair: 389,308 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 32, a drop of about 22%. Saturday runs to 31.
Nearest other stations
- Shepherd's Bush 0.7 miles
- West Brompton 0.9 miles
- Imperial Wharf 1.9 miles
- London Paddington 1.9 miles
- Kensal Green 2.4 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Kensington (Olympia), from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Shepherd's Bush · 0.7 miles
- Hammersmith (Grove Road) · 0.7 miles
- Chelsea and Fulham · 1.5 miles
- South Kensington · 1.6 miles
- Hammersmith & Chiswick · 1.7 miles
- Bath Road · 1.7 miles
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Facilities at Kensington (Olympia) station
Kensington (Olympia) is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at Kensington (Olympia) station
- Olympia 60 spaces
Cycle parking: 14 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 5 August 2025.
Getting to Kensington (Olympia) station
Kensington (Olympia) station is in Kensington and Chelsea, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M4 J1 (Chiswick Roundabout), 3.0 miles west.
7 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being KENSINGTON OLYMPIA.
Kensington (Olympia) is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Kensington (Olympia) 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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