London Cannon Street train station
London Cannon Street is a major interchange: 119 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London Bridge, with 545 trains a day.
See London Cannon Street on the map
London Cannon Street is the nearest station for postcodes in EC4R, EC4N, EC3V. Check your own postcode.
- 119 direct destinations
- 64th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 6 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from London Cannon Street
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Bridge | 545 | 404 | 251 |
| New Cross | 320 | 265 | 127 |
| St Johns | 298 | 265 | 127 |
| Abbey Wood | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Belvedere | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Charlton | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Erith | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Plumstead | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Slade Green | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Woolwich Arsenal | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Woolwich Dockyard | 256 | 210 | 124 |
| Lewisham | 216 | 200 | 127 |
| Blackheath | 208 | 199 | 126 |
| Deptford | 187 | 139 | 124 |
| Greenwich | 187 | 139 | 124 |
| Maze Hill | 187 | 139 | 124 |
| Westcombe Park | 187 | 139 | 124 |
| Barnehurst | 139 | 130 | 126 |
| Bexleyheath | 139 | 128 | 126 |
| Eltham | 139 | 128 | 126 |
| Falconwood | 139 | 128 | 126 |
| Kidbrooke | 139 | 128 | 126 |
| Welling | 139 | 128 | 126 |
| Hither Green | 119 | 66 | 1 |
| Dartford | 83 | 79 | 7 |
| Orpington | 76 | 65 | 1 |
| Chislehurst | 71 | 65 | 1 |
| Elmstead Woods | 71 | 65 | 1 |
| Grove Park | 71 | 65 | 1 |
| Petts Wood | 71 | 65 | 1 |
| Albany Park | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Bexley | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Crayford | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Mottingham | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| New Eltham | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sidcup | 50 | 0 | 0 |
| Sevenoaks | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Tonbridge | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Rochester | 14 | 0 | 0 |
and 79 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving London Cannon Street
London Cannon Street is on the South Eastern Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through London Cannon Street station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside London Cannon Street 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 London Cannon Street station is
7,507,972 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 64th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 258,224 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between London Cannon Street and Lewisham than any other pair: 316,858 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: 35 stations instead of 119, a drop of about 71%. Saturday runs to 30.
Nearest other stations
- London Bridge 0.5 miles
- Moorgate 0.5 miles
- London Blackfriars 0.5 miles
- London Fenchurch Street 0.6 miles
- City Thameslink 0.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of London Cannon Street, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Bank and Monument stations · 0.2 miles
- Blackfriars (SER) · 0.7 miles
- Borough Road · 0.9 miles
- Leman Street closed 1941 · 1.0 miles
- Shoreditch · 1.2 miles
- Cannon Street Road closed 1848 · 1.3 miles
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Facilities at London Cannon Street station
London Cannon Street is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:15 to 19:40 · at weekends: closed
Toilets · Waiting room
Cycle parking: 56 spaces (sheltered).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 8 April 2026.
Getting to London Cannon Street station
London Cannon Street station is in City of London, London, and is run by Network Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 7.3 miles north-west.
6 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Cannon Street Station.
London Cannon Street is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
London Cannon Street 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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