Romford train station

You can reach 54 stations directly from Romford on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is London Liverpool Street, with 407 trains a day.

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• 54 direct destinations
• 38th busiest in Britain
• Staffed full time
• Step-free in part
• 9 bus stops nearby

Direct trains from Romford

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

and 19 more stations, each served less often.

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Lines serving Romford

Romford is on the Elizabeth Line, the Great Eastern Main Line and the Liberty Line, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.

Freight through Romford station, hour by hour

Freight is booked through or alongside Romford station on 378 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 65 paths on the Wednesday, 75 paths on the Saturday and 1 path on the Sunday. 38 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 Saturday, with 10 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.

Paths booked in the hournone12 to 34 to 78 to 1516 or moreone runs regardless

How busy Romford station is

12,143,302 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 38th busiest station in Great Britain.

A further 641,463 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.

More journeys run between Romford and Stratford (London) than any other pair: 2,955,202 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.

Changing from 14 April 2027

From 14 April 2027, Romford gains 4 destinations including White Notley, Cressing, Braintree Freeport, Braintree.

Nearest other stations

• Gidea Park 1.1 miles
• Emerson Park 1.7 miles
• Chadwell Heath 2.4 miles
• Harold Wood 2.6 miles
• Goodmayes 3.1 miles

Closed stations nearby

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

• Crowlands · 1.0 miles

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Facilities at Romford station

Romford is staffed full time, with step-free access to part of the station.

Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 06:15 to 20:00 · Sunday: 07:10 to 20:10

Toilets · WiFi

From National Rail's station record, last updated 13 August 2026.

Getting to Romford station

Romford station is in Havering, London, and is run by Elizabeth line.

The nearest motorway junction is M25 J28 (Brook Street), 4.2 miles north-east.

9 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Romford Station.

Romford is inside the London Travelcard area.

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

Romford 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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