Potters Bar railway station

You can reach 54 stations directly from Potters Bar on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Finsbury Park, with 213 trains a day.

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Potters Bar is the nearest station for postcodes in EN6. Check your own postcode.

Direct trains from Potters Bar

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

Destination	Weekday	Saturday	Sunday
Finsbury Park	213	155	118
Hatfield	213	155	118
Welwyn Garden City	213	155	118
Alexandra Palace	197	155	118
New Barnet	132	78	73
New Southgate	121	78	73
Oakleigh Park	121	78	73
Hadley Wood	110	78	73
Brookmans Park	103	76	72
Welham Green	103	76	72
Drayton Park	101	74	71
Essex Road	101	74	71
Highbury & Islington	101	74	71
Moorgate	101	74	71
Old Street	101	74	71
London King's Cross	91	81	47
Knebworth	87	77	44
Stevenage	87	77	45
Welwyn North	87	77	44
Hitchin	82	77	45
Letchworth Garden City	81	77	44
Harringay	77	76	72
Hornsey	77	76	72
Royston	55	40	38
Cambridge	53	38	37
Cambridge South	53	38	37
Foxton	53	38	36
Meldreth	53	38	36
Shepreth	53	38	36
Baldock	52	40	38
Ashwell & Morden	26	11	38
Bat & Ball	21	0	0
Beckenham Hill	21	0	0
London Blackfriars	21	0	0
Bellingham	21	0	0
Bickley	21	0	0
Bromley South	21	0	0
Crofton Park	21	0	0
Catford	21	0	0
City Thameslink	21	0	0

and 14 more stations, each served less often.

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How busy Potters Bar is

2,486,164 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 227th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 51,414 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Potters Bar and Finsbury Park than any other pair: 572,194 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: 37 stations instead of 54, a drop of about 31%. Saturday runs to 31.

Nearest other stations

Brookmans Park 1.7 miles
Hadley Wood 2.1 miles
Welham Green 2.8 miles
New Barnet 3.5 miles
Cuffley 3.7 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

Nast Hyde Halt · 4.7 miles
Smallford · 4.8 miles
Lemsford Road Halt · 4.9 miles

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More about this station on Wikipedia.