London Waterloo railway station

London Waterloo is a major interchange: 180 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is Clapham Junction, with 1275 trains a day.

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Direct trains from London Waterloo

Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Clapham Junction	1275	1212	871
Vauxhall	1066	972	638
Wimbledon	588	590	437
Earlsfield	525	510	381
Woking	445	459	334
Raynes Park	437	439	288
Putney	406	302	249
Twickenham	362	302	218
Richmond	354	300	196
Surbiton	342	365	208
Barnes	325	228	158
Wandsworth Town	325	228	158
New Malden	291	297	165
Guildford	236	214	153
Feltham	224	233	158
Staines	224	233	158
Queenstown Road	221	228	158
Hampton Wick	218	225	128
Kingston	218	225	128
Teddington	218	225	128
Norbiton	216	223	102
Weybridge	209	218	89
Basingstoke	204	209	168
Mortlake	198	150	104
North Sheen	198	150	104
St Margarets	198	150	104
Strawberry Hill	159	152	94
Ashford	150	149	91
Egham	150	156	98
Virginia Water	150	156	98
Motspur Park	148	142	123
West Byfleet	142	150	102
Walton-on-Thames	138	147	88
Hounslow	129	78	54
Brentford	127	82	54
Barnes Bridge	127	78	54
Chiswick	127	78	54
Isleworth	127	78	54
Kew Bridge	127	86	54
Syon Lane	127	78	54

and 140 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy London Waterloo is

70,389,546 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 2nd busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 4,464,632 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between London Waterloo and Clapham Junction than any other pair: 3,752,812 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 17 February 2027

From 17 February 2027, London Waterloo gains 1 destination including Berrylands.

Nearest other stations

Waterloo East 0.2 miles
Charing Cross 0.6 miles
London Blackfriars 0.7 miles
Elephant & Castle 0.9 miles
City Thameslink 0.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

Former stations within 8 km of London Waterloo, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.

Blackfriars (SER) · 0.4 miles
Borough Road · 0.6 miles
Bank and Monument stations · 1.3 miles
Nine Elms · 1.4 miles
Walworth Road · 1.5 miles
Bricklayers Arms · 1.5 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.