New Cross train station

You can reach 72 stations directly from New Cross on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Cannon Street, with 320 trains a day.

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72 direct destinations
167th busiest in Britain
Staffed full time
Step-free in part
8 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from New Cross

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
London Cannon Street	320	265	127
London Bridge	319	266	127
St Johns	214	203	67
Abbey Wood	155	134	60
Belvedere	155	134	60
Charlton	155	134	60
Erith	155	134	60
Plumstead	155	134	60
Slade Green	155	134	60
Woolwich Arsenal	155	134	60
Woolwich Dockyard	155	134	60
Dalston Junction	144	144	120
Haggerston	144	144	120
Hoxton	144	144	120
Lewisham	144	138	67
Rotherhithe	144	144	120
Shoreditch High Street	144	144	120
Shadwell	144	144	120
Surrey Quays	144	144	120
Wapping	144	144	120
Canada Water	144	144	120
Whitechapel	144	144	120
Blackheath	140	136	66
Hither Green	94	66	1
Deptford	86	63	60
Greenwich	86	63	60
Maze Hill	86	63	60
Westcombe Park	86	63	60
Barnehurst	71	65	66
Bexleyheath	71	65	66
Dartford	71	71	3
Eltham	71	65	66
Falconwood	71	65	66
Kidbrooke	71	65	66
Welling	71	65	66
Orpington	70	65	1
Chislehurst	69	65	1
Elmstead Woods	69	65	1
Grove Park	69	65	1
Petts Wood	69	65	1

and 32 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving New Cross

New Cross is on the South Eastern Main Line and the East London Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through New Cross station, hour by hour

No freight is booked through or alongside New 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 New Cross station is

3,180,844 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 167th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 469,891 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between New Cross and Canada Water than any other pair: 625,552 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.