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Peterborough train station

Peterborough is a major interchange: 167 stations can be reached from here without changing on a weekday, more than almost anywhere else on the network. The most frequent is London King's Cross, with 128 trains a day.

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Peterborough is the nearest station for postcodes in PE1, PE2, PE3, PE4, PE7, PE5, PE6. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Peterborough

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

DestinationWeekdaySaturdaySunday
London King's Cross128117124
Stevenage1009247
Doncaster928570
Biggleswade918642
Huntingdon918642
St Neots918642
Grantham848160
Arlesey818036
Finsbury Park818036
Hitchin818036
Sandy818036
Ely787651
London Blackfriars73720
East Croydon73720
Gatwick Airport73720
Horley73720
Redhill73720
St Pancras International73720
Three Bridges73720
Farringdon73720
Crawley72720
Horsham72720
Ifield72720
Littlehaven72720
London Bridge71710
Coulsdon South69670
City Thameslink68480
Merstham67670
Newark Northgate615643
March585636
York555142
Lincoln43429
Darlington393530
Newcastle393530
Melton Mowbray3700
Oakham3700
Stamford3700
Leeds363328
Leicester3500
Wakefield Westgate353328

and 127 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Peterborough

Peterborough is on the East Coast Main Line and the Ely to Peterborough Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Peterborough station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Peterborough station on 1,143 paths in the week beginning 21 September 2026: 211 paths on the Wednesday, 157 paths on the Saturday and 14 paths on the Sunday. 82 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 03:00 to 04:00 on the Wednesday, with 25 paths booked.

The grid counts the goods trains booked to pass in each hour of the week beginning 21 September 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 Peterborough station is

5,299,726 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 98th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 960,218 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Peterborough and London Kings Cross than any other pair: 2,355,752 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: 67 stations instead of 167, a drop of about 60%. Saturday runs to 122.

Nearest other stations

Closed stations nearby

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

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Facilities at Peterborough station

Peterborough is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 06:00 to 20:00 · Sunday: 08:00 to 20:00

Toilets · Waiting room

Parking at Peterborough station

Cycle parking: 458 spaces (sheltered, stands).

From National Rail's station record, last updated 26 August 2026.

Getting to Peterborough station

Peterborough station is in Peterborough, East of England, and is run by London North Eastern Railway.

The nearest motorway junction is A1(M) J17 (Fletton Parkway), 4.0 miles south-west.

Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.

Peterborough station elsewhere