New Cross railway 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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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	265	127
St Johns	226	202	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	137	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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How busy New Cross 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.

Sundays

Sunday is a different railway here: 40 stations instead of 72, a drop of about 44%. Saturday runs to 40.

Nearest other stations

Deptford 0.3 miles
New Cross Gate 0.3 miles
St Johns 0.7 miles
Greenwich 0.7 miles
Brockley 0.9 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Deptford Bridge · 0.5 miles
Blackheath Hill closed 1917 · 0.8 miles
Elverson Road · 0.9 miles
Old Kent Road · 1.0 miles
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich · 1.0 miles
Greenwich Park · 1.0 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.