King's Lynn train station
You can reach 16 stations directly from King's Lynn on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Cambridge, with 56 trains a day.
King's Lynn is the nearest station for postcodes in PE30, PE34, PE35, PE32, PE31, PE36. Check your own postcode.
- 16 direct destinations
- 614th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 134 parking spaces
Direct trains from King's Lynn
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cambridge | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Cambridge North | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Downham Market | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Ely | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Littleport | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Waterbeach | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Watlington | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Cambridge South | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| London King's Cross | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| Royston | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Baldock | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hitchin | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Stevenage | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Lines serving King's Lynn
King's Lynn is on the Fen Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through King's Lynn station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside King's Lynn 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 King's Lynn station is
853,200 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 614th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 410 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between King's Lynn and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 240,116 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: 11 stations instead of 16, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 0.
Nearest other stations
- Watlington 5.7 miles
- Downham Market 10.5 miles
- March 18.7 miles
- Manea 20.1 miles
- Littleport 20.5 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of King's Lynn, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- South Lynn · 1.3 miles
- West Lynn · 1.4 miles
- Gayton Road · 2.8 miles
- North Wootton · 2.8 miles
- Middleton Towers · 3.1 miles
- Clenchwarton · 3.2 miles
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Facilities at King's Lynn station
King's Lynn is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 05:30 to 20:00 · Saturday: 05:30 to 19:30 · Sunday: 07:50 to 17:00
Toilets
Parking at King's Lynn station
- Station Car Park 134 spaces, 11 accessible
Cycle parking: 104 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to King's Lynn station
King's Lynn station is in King's Lynn and West Norfolk, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern).
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
King's Lynn 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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