Luton Airport Parkway train station
Luton Airport Parkway is a major interchange: 117 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is St Pancras International, with 320 trains a day.
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- 117 direct destinations
- 112th busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 824 parking spaces
- 10 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Luton Airport Parkway
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Pancras International | 320 | 284 | 247 |
| Luton | 317 | 284 | 235 |
| London Blackfriars | 247 | 216 | 177 |
| Harpenden | 244 | 216 | 191 |
| St Albans City | 244 | 216 | 191 |
| Bedford | 242 | 224 | 195 |
| Farringdon | 227 | 206 | 171 |
| City Thameslink | 212 | 138 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 190 | 186 | 111 |
| West Hampstead Thameslink | 177 | 153 | 191 |
| Flitwick | 170 | 153 | 138 |
| East Croydon | 169 | 152 | 123 |
| Leagrave | 167 | 154 | 138 |
| Harlington | 166 | 153 | 138 |
| Gatwick Airport | 165 | 152 | 123 |
| Three Bridges | 157 | 147 | 97 |
| Brent Cross West | 109 | 82 | 81 |
| Elstree & Borehamwood | 95 | 74 | 73 |
| Mill Hill Broadway | 95 | 74 | 73 |
| Radlett | 95 | 74 | 73 |
| Haywards Heath | 83 | 80 | 5 |
| Purley | 82 | 74 | 56 |
| Brighton | 81 | 80 | 5 |
| Horley | 81 | 74 | 58 |
| Preston Park | 80 | 78 | 3 |
| Burgess Hill | 79 | 78 | 4 |
| Hassocks | 79 | 78 | 3 |
| Wivelsfield | 79 | 78 | 3 |
| Balcombe | 76 | 76 | 2 |
| Kettering | 73 | 68 | 56 |
| Wellingborough | 71 | 68 | 56 |
| Corby | 70 | 67 | 34 |
| Redhill | 70 | 68 | 58 |
| Norwood Junction | 61 | 64 | 53 |
| South Croydon | 61 | 63 | 0 |
| Earlswood | 58 | 63 | 27 |
| Salfords | 58 | 63 | 27 |
| Abbey Wood | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| Chatham | 51 | 49 | 0 |
| Charlton | 51 | 49 | 0 |
and 77 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Luton Airport Parkway
Luton Airport Parkway is on the Midland Main Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Luton Airport Parkway station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Luton Airport Parkway station on 411 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 83 paths on the Wednesday, 31 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 28 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 01:00 to 02:00 on the Tuesday, with 11 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 Luton Airport Parkway station is
4,740,742 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 112th busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 7,632 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Luton Airport Parkway and London St Pancras International than any other pair: 2,033,480 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: 73 stations instead of 117, a drop of about 38%. Saturday runs to 82.
Nearest other stations
- Luton 1.0 miles
- Leagrave 3.5 miles
- Harpenden 4.4 miles
- Harlington 7.4 miles
- Hitchin 7.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Luton Airport Parkway, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Central Terminal · 1.0 miles
- Luton Hoo · 1.8 miles
- Chiltern Green · 1.9 miles
- Chaul End · 2.8 miles
- Roundwood Halt · 3.8 miles
- Harpenden East · 4.2 miles
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Facilities at Luton Airport Parkway station
Luton Airport Parkway is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 00:30 · Saturday: 06:30 to 00:00 · Sunday: 07:30 to 00:00
Toilets
Parking at Luton Airport Parkway station
- Station Car Park 824 spaces, 20 accessible
Cycle parking: 120 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 10 September 2026.
Getting to Luton Airport Parkway station
Luton Airport Parkway station is in Luton, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Thameslink).
The nearest motorway junction is M1 J10 (Pepperstock), 1.7 miles south-west.
10 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Luton Airport Parkway Rail Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Luton Airport Parkway 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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