London King's Cross train station
London King's Cross is a major interchange: 111 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Stevenage, with 180 trains a day.
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Address: Euston Road, London, N1C 4AP
London King's Cross is the nearest station for postcodes in WC1X, WC1N. Check your own postcode.
- 111 direct destinations
- 14th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 322 parking spaces
- 9 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from London King's Cross
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stevenage | 180 | 173 | 154 |
| Peterborough | 128 | 117 | 121 |
| Doncaster | 145 | 134 | 117 |
| York | 118 | 115 | 99 |
| Finsbury Park | 99 | 100 | 92 |
| Newcastle | 105 | 99 | 88 |
| Hitchin | 103 | 92 | 83 |
| Grantham | 101 | 93 | 74 |
| Cambridge | 136 | 116 | 70 |
| Cambridge South | 136 | 116 | 70 |
| Newark Northgate | 90 | 84 | 69 |
| Edinburgh Waverley | 69 | 63 | 55 |
| Darlington | 66 | 61 | 53 |
| Leeds | 68 | 65 | 53 |
| Wakefield Westgate | 66 | 65 | 53 |
| Alexandra Palace | 84 | 85 | 52 |
| Letchworth Garden City | 120 | 97 | 49 |
| Hatfield | 80 | 80 | 48 |
| Potters Bar | 80 | 80 | 48 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 81 | 80 | 48 |
| Royston | 95 | 60 | 43 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 40 | 19 | 42 |
| Baldock | 66 | 48 | 42 |
| Knebworth | 82 | 76 | 42 |
| Welwyn North | 88 | 76 | 42 |
| Biggleswade | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| Huntingdon | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| St Neots | 18 | 14 | 39 |
| Foxton | 60 | 41 | 36 |
| Meldreth | 60 | 41 | 36 |
| Northallerton | 46 | 43 | 36 |
| Shepreth | 60 | 41 | 36 |
| Sandy | 8 | 8 | 33 |
| Arlesey | 8 | 8 | 32 |
| Cambridge North | 73 | 0 | 32 |
| Durham | 40 | 35 | 31 |
| Retford | 39 | 37 | 28 |
| Alnmouth | 18 | 15 | 13 |
| Brough | 17 | 15 | 13 |
| Berwick-upon-Tweed | 19 | 15 | 13 |
and 74 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving London King's Cross
London King's Cross is on the East Coast Main Line and the Thameslink, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through London King's Cross station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside London King's Cross 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 King's Cross station is
27,727,108 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 14th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 1,552,750 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between London King's Cross and Cambridge than any other pair: 2,900,308 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.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, London King's Cross gains 1 destination including Kirkcaldy.
Nearest other stations
- London St. Pancras International 0.2 miles
- St Pancras International 0.2 miles
- London Euston 0.5 miles
- Caledonian Road & Barnsbury 0.8 miles
- Camden Road 1.0 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of London King's Cross, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- King's Cross Thameslink · 0.2 miles
- St Pancras · 0.2 miles
- Maiden Lane railway stations · 0.6 miles
- Camden Road (Midland) · 1.0 miles
- Great Portland Street · 1.1 miles
- Holloway car dock · 1.2 miles
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Facilities at London King's Cross station
London King's Cross is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 22:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 22:00 · Sunday: 07:45 to 22:00
Toilets · WiFi
Parking at London King's Cross station
- Station Car Park 322 spaces, 12 accessible
Cycle parking: 204 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 1 September 2026.
Getting to London King's Cross station
London King's Cross station is in Camden, London, and is run by Network Rail.
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J1 (Staples Corner), 5.3 miles north-west.
9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being King's Cross Stn / York Way.
London King's Cross is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
London King's Cross 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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