Royston train station
You can reach 41 stations directly from Royston on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Letchworth Garden City, with 157 trains a day.
Royston is the nearest station for postcodes in SG8. Check your own postcode.
- 41 direct destinations
- 392nd busiest in Britain
- Staffed full time
- Step-free throughout
- 517 parking spaces
- 4 bus stops nearby
Direct trains from Royston
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Letchworth Garden City | 157 | 124 | 75 |
| Cambridge | 155 | 122 | 74 |
| Cambridge South | 155 | 122 | 74 |
| Hitchin | 132 | 111 | 74 |
| Baldock | 130 | 112 | 74 |
| Stevenage | 121 | 111 | 69 |
| Finsbury Park | 120 | 111 | 68 |
| Ashwell & Morden | 104 | 83 | 74 |
| London King's Cross | 95 | 60 | 43 |
| London Blackfriars | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| Brighton | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| Burgess Hill | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| East Croydon | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| Gatwick Airport | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| Haywards Heath | 64 | 63 | 0 |
| London Bridge | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| St Pancras International | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| Three Bridges | 64 | 64 | 27 |
| Farringdon | 64 | 64 | 28 |
| City Thameslink | 62 | 46 | 0 |
| Welwyn North | 61 | 39 | 35 |
| Foxton | 60 | 41 | 39 |
| Meldreth | 60 | 41 | 39 |
| Shepreth | 60 | 41 | 39 |
| Knebworth | 55 | 39 | 35 |
| Welwyn Garden City | 50 | 39 | 35 |
| Alexandra Palace | 49 | 40 | 35 |
| Hatfield | 49 | 39 | 35 |
| Potters Bar | 49 | 39 | 35 |
| Cambridge North | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| Ely | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| Waterbeach | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| Downham Market | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| King's Lynn | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Littleport | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Watlington | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Hassocks | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Preston Park | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| Balcombe | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| New Barnet | 1 | 0 | 0 |
and 1 more station, each served less often.
Lines serving Royston
Royston is on the Hitchin-Cambridge Line. That page has the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Royston station, hour by hour
Freight is booked through or alongside Royston station on 34 paths in the week beginning 12 October 2026: 7 paths on the Wednesday, no paths on the Saturday and no paths on the Sunday. Every one of them is held in the timetable and used only when there is something to move.
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 Royston station is
1,415,838 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 392nd busiest station in Great Britain.
A further 18,806 passengers changed trains here without entering or leaving the station.
More journeys run between Royston and Cambridge than any other pair: 328,042 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.
Nearest other stations
- Meldreth 3.0 miles
- Ashwell & Morden 3.9 miles
- Shepreth 4.9 miles
- Foxton 5.8 miles
- Baldock 8.0 miles
Facilities at Royston station
Royston is staffed full time, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 06:00 to 20:00 · Saturday: 07:00 to 20:00 · Sunday: 09:15 to 17:30
Toilets
Parking at Royston station
- Station Car Park 517 spaces, 9 accessible
Cycle parking: 178 spaces (sheltered, racks).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 4 August 2026.
Getting to Royston station
Royston station is in North Hertfordshire, East of England, and is run by Govia Thameslink Railway (Great Northern).
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J10 (Duxford Interchange), 7.6 miles north-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Royston Railway Station.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Royston 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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