Shadwell train station
You can reach 27 stations directly from Shadwell on a weekday, without changing. The most frequent is Dalston Junction, with 584 trains a day.
Shadwell is the nearest station for postcodes in E1W, E98. Check your own postcode.
Direct trains from Shadwell
Trains a day to each station you can reach without changing, by day of the week.
| Destination | Weekday | Saturday | Sunday |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dalston Junction | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Haggerston | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Hoxton | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Rotherhithe | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Shoreditch High Street | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Surrey Quays | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Wapping | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Canada Water | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| Whitechapel | 584 | 628 | 608 |
| New Cross Gate | 295 | 338 | 289 |
| Brockley | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Forest Hill | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Honor Oak Park | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Sydenham | 293 | 295 | 237 |
| Crystal Palace | 147 | 149 | 124 |
| Anerley | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Norwood Junction | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Penge West | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| West Croydon | 146 | 146 | 113 |
| Clapham High Street | 145 | 146 | 195 |
| Denmark Hill | 145 | 146 | 195 |
| Peckham Rye | 145 | 146 | 195 |
| Queens Road Peckham | 145 | 146 | 195 |
| Wandsworth Road | 145 | 146 | 195 |
| New Cross | 144 | 144 | 120 |
| Clapham Junction | 142 | 142 | 66 |
| Battersea Park | 3 | 4 | 129 |
Lines serving Shadwell
Shadwell is on the East London Line and the London, Tilbury & Southend Railway, each of which has its own page with the whole route, every station on it and how busy each one is.
Freight through Shadwell station, hour by hour
No freight is booked through or alongside Shadwell station in the week beginning 12 October 2026. Freight paths stay in the national timetable even when they run only as required, so a station with none booked is one that goods trains do not pass.
How busy Shadwell station is
3,917,292 passenger entries and exits in 2024-25, making it the 140th busiest station in Great Britain.
More journeys run between Shadwell and Canada Water than any other pair: 521,878 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
- Wapping 0.5 miles
- Whitechapel 0.6 miles
- Rotherhithe 0.8 miles
- Limehouse 0.8 miles
- Bethnal Green 0.9 miles
Closed stations nearby
Former stations within 8 km of Shadwell, from Wikidata. They are on the map under Closed & former stations.
- Cannon Street Road closed 1848 · 0.2 miles
- Leman Street closed 1941 · 0.5 miles
- Mile End · 0.9 miles
- Shoreditch · 1.0 miles
- Globe Road and Devonshire Street · 1.0 miles
- Devonshire Street · 1.1 miles
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Facilities at Shadwell station
Shadwell is unstaffed, with step-free access to the whole station.
Ticket office: Monday to Friday: 07:30 to 10:00 · at weekends: closed
Cycle parking: 2 spaces (stands).
From National Rail's station record, last updated 3 September 2026.
Getting to Shadwell station
Shadwell station is in Tower Hamlets, London, and is run by London Overground.
The nearest motorway junction is M11 J4 (Charlie Brown's), 7.3 miles north-east.
4 bus stops are within a short walk, the nearest being Shadwell DLR.
Shadwell is inside the London Travelcard area.
Sources: Office of Rail and Road (Table 6329), OpenStreetMap and NaPTAN.
Shadwell 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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