Otford train station
You can reach 65 stations directly from Otford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Swanley, with 186 trains a day.
- 65 direct destinations
- 922nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free in part
- 178 parking spaces
- 3 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Otford
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swanley | 186 | 182 | 97 |
| Bromley South | 140 | 148 | 97 |
| St Mary Cray | 134 | 148 | 97 |
| Borough Green & Wrotham | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| Maidstone East | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| West Malling | 109 | 107 | 32 |
| London Blackfriars | 77 | 75 | 58 |
| Elephant & Castle | 77 | 75 | 58 |
| Sevenoaks | 77 | 75 | 65 |
| Bat & Ball | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Beckenham Hill | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Bellingham | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Bickley | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Crofton Park | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Catford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Denmark Hill | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Eynsford | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Nunhead | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Peckham Rye | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Ravensbourne | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Shoreham | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Shortlands | 75 | 75 | 65 |
| Ashford International | 74 | 51 | 32 |
| Bearsted | 72 | 51 | 32 |
| Lenham | 70 | 50 | 32 |
| Charing | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Hollingbourne | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Harrietsham | 68 | 49 | 31 |
| Barming | 63 | 39 | 32 |
| East Malling | 63 | 39 | 32 |
| London Victoria | 63 | 73 | 39 |
| Charing Cross | 46 | 34 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 46 | 34 | 0 |
| Waterloo East | 46 | 34 | 0 |
| Kemsing | 38 | 36 | 0 |
| City Thameslink | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Finsbury Park | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| St Pancras International | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Farringdon | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Hatfield | 21 | 0 | 0 |
and 25 more stations, each served less often.
Lines serving Otford
Otford is on the Darent Valley Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Otford station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Otford station on 438 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 70 paths on the Wednesday, 61 paths on the Saturday and 29 paths on the Sunday. 11 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 19:00 to 20:00 on the Friday, with 8 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 Otford station is
445,500 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 922nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 48,704 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Otford and London Bridge than any other pair: 111,166 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: 31 stations instead of 65, a drop of about 52%. Saturday runs to 35.
Changing from 14 April 2027
From 14 April 2027, Otford loses 6 destinations including Paddock Wood, Pluckley, Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden, Tonbridge.
Nearest other stations
- Shoreham 1.4 miles
- Bat & Ball 1.6 miles
- Dunton Green 1.6 miles
- Kemsing 2.4 miles
- Sevenoaks 2.6 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Otford, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Chevening Halt · 2.8 miles
- Lullingstone · 4.3 miles
- Brasted · 4.5 miles
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Facilities at Otford station
Otford is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:10 to 12:50 · Saturday: 06:10 to 12:50 · Sunday: 08:10 to 15:40
Toilets
Parking at Otford station
- Station Car Park 178 spaces, 7 accessible
£5.80 off-peak, £6.40 a day, £25.20 a week
Cycle parking: 24 spaces (sheltered, stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 August 2026.
Getting to Otford station
Otford station is in Sevenoaks, South East, and is run by Southeastern.
The nearest motorway junction is M25 J5 (Chevening), 2.2 miles west.
3 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Otford 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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